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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of plants |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, cytology, dendrology, ecology, floristics, genetics, horticulture, morphology, natural history, paleo-botany, pathology, physiology, phytogeography, phytology, pomology, study of flora, study of vegetation, taxonomy |
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| Concept: | [The science of plants] Botany. |
| Category: | 1. Vitality; special vitality |
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-nouns
botany; physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany; phytography, phytology, phytotomy; vegetable physiology, herborization, endrology, mycology, fungology, algology; flora, romona; botanic garden (garden); hortus siccus, herbarium, herbal., botanist; herbist, herbarist, herbalist, herborist, herbarian.
-verbs
botanize, herborize.
-adjectives
botanical; botanic.
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| Main Entry: | life science |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | any branch of natural science |
| Synonyms: | animal biology, anthropology, biological science, biology, bioscience, botany, ecology, environmental science, medicine, natural science, science of life, study of living things, zoology |
| Main Entry: | vegetable kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plant life |
| Synonyms: | botany, flora, flowerage, green plants, greenery, herbage, plant kingdom, plants, vegetable life, vegetation, verdure |
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