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botany
/ˈbɑtəni/
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Stress the first syllable: BOT-uh-nee.
Keep the middle vowel light and finish with ee, as in happy.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“I'm taking a botany class.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does botany mean?
noun
- A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
- The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
- The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
proper noun
- A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɑtəni/
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He had been a pupil of Henslow, and it is evident that he had a good working knowledge of systematic botany.
He was hardly interested in botany, except from the somewhat abstract point of view of classification and the systematic arrangement of species.
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We may secure technical specialized ability in algebra, Latin, or botany, but not the kind of intelligence which directs ability to useful ends.
From my entire ignorance of Botany, I am sorry to say that I cannot answer any of the questions which you ask me.
As the creator of the sciences of comparative anatomy, systematic zoology, embryology, teratology, botany and physiology, his writings have an eternal interest.