Botanical
adjective
Relating to plants or plant life.
She works in the botanical gardens taking care of the plants

Often appears as...
- botanical garden
- botanical research
noun
A substance obtained from a plant and used as an additive, especially in gin or cosmetics.
The drink contains botanicals such as juniper, coriander and citrus peels

Often appears as...
- clarity of botanicals
- complex botanicals
Usage tips
Modern
adjective
Relating to plants or plant life.
She works in the botanical gardens taking care of the plants

Often appears as...
- botanical garden
- botanical research
noun
A substance obtained from a plant and used as an additive, especially in gin or cosmetics.
The drink contains botanicals such as juniper, coriander and citrus peels

Often appears as...
- clarity of botanicals
- complex botanicals
Usage tips
Modern
Definition 1 of 2

Scientific Context
Used in scientific or educational contexts when discussing plants and their environments.

Her thesis explores botanical adaptations to climate change.
Not Just Flowers
Refers to all plant life, not just flowers. Includes trees, grasses, and ferns.

The botanical diversity of the rainforest is astounding.
Common Locations
Often related to places like gardens, parks, or labs where plant studies happen.

They visited the botanical conservatory to learn about tropical species.
Scientific Context
Used in scientific or educational contexts when discussing plants and their environments.

Her thesis explores botanical adaptations to climate change.
Not Just Flowers
Refers to all plant life, not just flowers. Includes trees, grasses, and ferns.

The botanical diversity of the rainforest is astounding.
Common Locations
Often related to places like gardens, parks, or labs where plant studies happen.

They visited the botanical conservatory to learn about tropical species.
Scientific Context
Used in scientific or educational contexts when discussing plants and their environments.

Her thesis explores botanical adaptations to climate change.
Not Just Flowers
Refers to all plant life, not just flowers. Includes trees, grasses, and ferns.

The botanical diversity of the rainforest is astounding.
Common Locations
Often related to places like gardens, parks, or labs where plant studies happen.

They visited the botanical conservatory to learn about tropical species.
Video examples
A journey through the...
I can make free-floating lines, like the way you would draw around a dead body at a crime scene. So I took the objects out, and I created my own taxonomy of invented specimens. First, botanical -- which you can kind of get a sense of. Then I made some weird insects and creatures.
Video examples
Humble plants that hide...
this particular plant is in fact considered to be vulnerable in its natural habitat. This brings me to another example. This bush here is known as baume de l'ile plate in the local vernacular. The botanical name is Psiadia arguta. It's a plant which is rare,
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The fascinating history...
became available to the middle and working classes. People visited cemeteries for funerals, but also for anniversaries, holidays, or simply an afternoon outdoors. By the late 19th century, as more public parks and botanical gardens appeared,
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The Secret Life of...
with an adventurous painter who brings it all to life we'll hear about the family botanical legacy that inspires narupa and why in a world dominated by 4k video handmade illustrations still have plenty to teach us more after the break
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The rise and fall of the...
Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and parts of Turkey, Iran, and Egypt. Its wonders included a vast library and large botanical and zoological park. But the story of Assyria’s rise to dominance began many centuries earlier,
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How aspirin was...
A for acetyl, and spir for meadowsweet, whose botanical name is Spiraea ulmaria. Soon, aspirin became synonymous with acetylsalicylic acid. As its influence grew, aspirin was found to ease not just pain,
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Why I think inside the...
my own taxonomy of invented specimens first with botanical matter then weird drawn and painted insects with many legs and wings at some point I talked to my friends who are doctors and I borrowed
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How to turn your...
I remember a childhood growing up climbing trees, picking mangoes and plums on the university campus where my father was a lecturer. Went fishing in the streams deep in the botanical gardens.
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These Sticky Traps Are...
these dracera plants lure in their prey with a glistening dew-like substance on their leaves this substance gives these plants both their botanical name and their english common name sundews
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Meet the World's Tiniest...
well it'll look like much if you look down and look closely at it you can find a ton of these tiny little things and botanical wise they are trees because they do produce wood
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A journey through the...
I can make free-floating lines, like the way you would draw around a dead body at a crime scene. So I took the objects out, and I created my own taxonomy of invented specimens. First, botanical -- which you can kind of get a sense of. Then I made some weird insects and creatures.
Video examples
Humble plants that hide...
this particular plant is in fact considered to be vulnerable in its natural habitat. This brings me to another example. This bush here is known as baume de l'ile plate in the local vernacular. The botanical name is Psiadia arguta. It's a plant which is rare,
Video examples
The fascinating history...
became available to the middle and working classes. People visited cemeteries for funerals, but also for anniversaries, holidays, or simply an afternoon outdoors. By the late 19th century, as more public parks and botanical gardens appeared,
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
with an adventurous painter who brings it all to life we'll hear about the family botanical legacy that inspires narupa and why in a world dominated by 4k video handmade illustrations still have plenty to teach us more after the break
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and parts of Turkey, Iran, and Egypt. Its wonders included a vast library and large botanical and zoological park. But the story of Assyria’s rise to dominance began many centuries earlier,
Video examples
How aspirin was...
A for acetyl, and spir for meadowsweet, whose botanical name is Spiraea ulmaria. Soon, aspirin became synonymous with acetylsalicylic acid. As its influence grew, aspirin was found to ease not just pain,
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
my own taxonomy of invented specimens first with botanical matter then weird drawn and painted insects with many legs and wings at some point I talked to my friends who are doctors and I borrowed
Video examples
How to turn your...
I remember a childhood growing up climbing trees, picking mangoes and plums on the university campus where my father was a lecturer. Went fishing in the streams deep in the botanical gardens.
Video examples
These Sticky Traps Are...
these dracera plants lure in their prey with a glistening dew-like substance on their leaves this substance gives these plants both their botanical name and their english common name sundews
Video examples
Meet the World's Tiniest...
well it'll look like much if you look down and look closely at it you can find a ton of these tiny little things and botanical wise they are trees because they do produce wood
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Quote examples
John Muir
American Environmentalist
Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need - not unreasonably much, yet one ought to be trained and tempered to enjoy life in these brave wilds in full independence of any particular kind of nourishment.

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Sue Hubbell
American Author
Great Wass Island Preserve is a 1,579-acre Nature Conservancy jewel, a place of spectacular botanical interest, and Jonesport is situated on a postcard-pretty harbor. Tourism is not serious business in those parts - boat building and fishing are - and there are no signs telling how to get to Great Wass. But I know.

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John Burroughs
American Author
Nearly every season, I make the acquaintance of one or more new flowers. It takes years to exhaust the botanical treasures of any one considerable neighborhood, unless one makes a dead set at it, like an herbalist.

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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Clearly, any well-kept garden will be a source of pleasure in the summer months; in the bleak urban midwinter, however, there are few activities more likely to energise the spirit than a botanical walk.

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Nell Newman
American Businesswoman
Education is very important, and the botanical garden is the place to do that. I grew up in a semi-rural area and learned from that being my playground.

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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.

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Masego
American Musician
I love nature and botanical gardens.

Quote examples
John Muir
American Environmentalist
Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need - not unreasonably much, yet one ought to be trained and tempered to enjoy life in these brave wilds in full independence of any particular kind of nourishment.

Quote examples
Sue Hubbell
American Author
Great Wass Island Preserve is a 1,579-acre Nature Conservancy jewel, a place of spectacular botanical interest, and Jonesport is situated on a postcard-pretty harbor. Tourism is not serious business in those parts - boat building and fishing are - and there are no signs telling how to get to Great Wass. But I know.

Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
Nearly every season, I make the acquaintance of one or more new flowers. It takes years to exhaust the botanical treasures of any one considerable neighborhood, unless one makes a dead set at it, like an herbalist.

Quote examples
John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Clearly, any well-kept garden will be a source of pleasure in the summer months; in the bleak urban midwinter, however, there are few activities more likely to energise the spirit than a botanical walk.

Quote examples
Nell Newman
American Businesswoman
Education is very important, and the botanical garden is the place to do that. I grew up in a semi-rural area and learned from that being my playground.

Quote examples
Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.

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Masego
American Musician
I love nature and botanical gardens.

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