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Definition: Botanical |
BotanicalAdjective1. Of or relating to plants or botany; "botanical garden". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "botanical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Botany is the branch of Biology concerned with the scientific study of plants. Traditionally, botanists studied all organisms that were not generally regarded as animal. However, advances in our knowledge about the myriad forms of life, especially microbes (viruses and bacteria) have led to a spinning off from botany of the specialized field of Microbiology. Still, the microbes are usually covered, somewhat superficially, in most introductory Botany courses.
The Kingdom Plantae is divided into divisions (the term "division" was traditionally used instead of "phylum" as in the animals, but either term is now accepted).
Of these, the best known to most people are Bryophyta (mosses), Pterophyta (ferns), Coniferophyta (conifers), which are cone-bearing plants, and Anthophyta (angiosperms), which are flowering plants. Angiosperms are divided into two groups, dicots and monocots. Dicots have two cotyledons (embroyonic leaves), while monocots have only one cotyledon.
- Hepatophyta, liverworts
- Anthocerophyta, hornworts
- Bryophyta, mosses
- Lycophyta, club mosses
- Psilotophyta, whisk ferns
- Sphenophyta, horsetails
- Pterophyta, ferns
- Cycadophyta, cycads
- Ginkgophyta, ginkgo tree
- Gnetophyta
- Coniferophyta, conifers
- Anthophyta, flowering plants
- Liliopsida, monocots
- Magnoliopsida, dicots
The names "Pinophyta" and "Magnoliophyta" are often used for "Coniferophyta" and "Anthophyta". Likewise, the monocots and dicots are called "Liliopsida" and "Magnoliopsida" respectively.
Related subjects
- Plant
- Trees
- Fruit
- Herbs
- Seeds, stratification (botany) and germination.
- List of vegetables
- List of flowers
- Anamorphosis
See also
- List of botanists
- List of botanical gardens
External links
- A Study Guide to the Science of Botany ~ at Wikibooks
- http://www.botanical-online.com
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Botany."
Synonym: BotanicalSynonym: botanic (adj). (additional references) |
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Botany | Adjective: botanical. Noun: botanic. |
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Crosswords: Botanical |
| English words defined with "botanical": Basi- ♦ Curtis ♦ Phytological ♦ William Curtis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "botanical": ampelideae, Anabasine, angiosperms ♦ broadleaved, broadleaved tree ♦ environmental assessment ♦ Gymnosperms ♦ HERBARIUM WORKER ♦ Nebenschluss, nomenclatural type ♦ periblinite ♦ revegetation ♦ SUPERINTENDENT, HORTICULTURE. (references) |
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 | Figure 45. Jacobsen and Paulsen apparatus for the measurement of plankton in a water sample. Devised by Jacob Peter Jacobsen of the Danish Hydrographic Laboratory and Doctor Ove Paulsen, of the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen, in 1910. This instrument was easier to use and less subject to "operator" error than the preceding model. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Multi-colored lupine found on the eastside of Steens Mountain. Lupinus laxiflorus is the botanical name. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | Linear-leafed Daisy found on the Sheephead Mountains in Harney County, Oregon. The botanical name is Erigeron linearis. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |  | Botanical drawing of lady's slipper, genus Cypripedium. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Unfinished botanical drawing with bud, open flower, and ruled border. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Botanical Gardens ; Washington Monument ; Smithsonian ; Wet day on the plaza. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Screw pines in the Botanical Gardens of Buitenzorg, Java. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | On the road to the Botanical Gardens, Martinique, W.I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Governor's residence in the Botanical Gardens, Port of Spain, Trinidad, W.I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Elementary school class of Indian students with botanical specimens at United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Botanical Garden" by Dan Masters Commentary: "Botanica Garden on Ohua, Hawaii." | "Botanical Gardens" by Tyniuz C. Commentary: "Botanical Gardens scene with gazebo on a sunny afternoon." |
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Health | However, if the extract is ineffective as a prevention agent, these data will provide important information to consumers and allow for informed decision making concerning continued use of this botanical. (references) | |
Economic History | Grenada | In 1782, Sir Joseph Banks, the botanical adviser to King George III, introduced nutmeg to Grenada. (references) |
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| "Botanical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.45% of the time. "Botanical" is used about 314 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.45% | 284 | 17,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.55% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Total | 100.00% | 314 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "botanical": botanical garden ♦ botanical medicine. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "botanical": botanical-style. | |
Ending with "botanical": ethno-botanical. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "botanical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | botanik. (various references) | |
Arabic | نباتي (phytophagous, vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetative). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ботаничен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 植物 (plant, vegetation). (various references) | |
Czech | botanický. (various references) | |
Danish | botaniske renhed (botanical purity), botaniske benaevnelse (botanical name), botanisk taksion (botanical taxon), botanisk betegnelse (botanical name), botanikplanche (botanical chart). (various references) | |
Dutch | botanische zuiverheid (botanical purity), botanische naam (botanical name), botanische benaming (botanical name), botanisch taxon (botanical taxon), wandplaat voor plantkunde (botanical chart), Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Tuinbouw en Plantkunde (Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society). (various references) | |
Farsi | وابسته به گیاه شناسی , ترکیب یامشتقی ازموادگیاهی وداروها. (various references) | |
French | botanique (botany). (various references) | |
German | botanisch. (various references) | |
Greek | βοτανικόσ (botanic, botanist). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בוטני. (various references) | |
Hungarian | növénytani (botanic), botanikus (botanic, botanist). (various references) | |
Italian | taxon botanico (botanical taxon), tavola botanica (botanical chart), purezza botanica (botanical purity), nome botanico (botanical name), designazione botanica (botanical name). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 胴乱 (case for botanical specimens), 植物園 (botanical garden). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょくぶつえん (botanical garden), どうらん (agitation, case for botanical specimens, commotion, disturbance, riot, upheaval). (various references) | |
Korean | 식물 (Vegetation). (various references) | |
Manx | luss-oaylleeagh (botanic). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otanicalbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | botânico (botanist). (various references) | |
Romanian | botanic (botanic). (various references) | |
Russian | ботанический (botanic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | botanički. (various references) | |
Spanish | botánico (botanic, botanist, herbalist). (various references) | |
Swedish | botaniska, botanisk. (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับพืช. (various references) | |
Turkish | botanik (botanic, botany, phytology), bitki bilimsel (botanic). (various references) | |
Turkmen | botanika (r). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "botanical": botanically, botanicals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "botanical": ethnobotanical, geobotanical, paleobotanical. (additional references) | |
Words containing "botanical": paleobotanically. (additional references) | |
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"Botanical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bethanecol, biotanical, Bonacina, Botanica, botanicas, Botanico, botanicum, Botanicus, botantical, obstantial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "botanical" (pronounced buta"nikul) |
| 8 | -u t a" n i k u l | puritanical. |
| 6 | -a" n i k u l | electromechanical, mechanical, tyrannical. |
| 5 | -n i k u l | conical, cynical, ecumenical, ethnical, galenical, technical, ironical, nontechnical, preclinical, rabbinical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, evangelical, fanatical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, inimical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-l-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: ablation, anabolic, botanica. | |
-2 letters: actinal, alation, botanic, coalbin. | |
-3 letters: action, albino, alnico, atonal, atonic, bonaci, bonita, canola, catalo, cation, catlin, citola, cobalt, coital, latino, obtain, oilcan, talion, tincal. | |
-4 letters: abaci, aboil, actin, alant, aloin, antic, bacon, banal, banco, baton, binal, biont, biota, blain, bloat, cabal, cabin, canal, canto, cibol, coala, coati, cobia, colin, cotan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-l-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: actionable, actionably, botanicals. | |
+2 letters: botanically, calibration, containable. | |
+3 letters: calibrations, catabolizing, geobotanical, nonbacterial, outbalancing, paleobotanic, sanctionable. | |
+4 letters: abstractional, antimetabolic, antimicrobial, carbonylation, carboxylating, carboxylation, collaborating, collaboration, combinational, combinatorial, confabulating, confabulation, confiscatable, nonalphabetic, recalibration, suballocation, syllabication, uncontainable. | |
+5 letters: accountability, antibiotically, antimetabolics, antimicrobials, carbonylations, carboxylations, collaborations, confabulations, constabularies, consubstantial, contradictable, ethnobotanical, paleobotanical, recalibrations, suballocations, syllabications. | |
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