botany
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These fungi have been used in botany since the mid-19th century and form close partnerships with plant roots.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
From architecture to botany to labor practices, the people, places and culture with which Jefferson interacted became integral to the vision of America he would begin to implement on his return to the States.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Simon Milne, regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, also receives a knighthood for services to botany, conservation and horticulture.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
An exceptional amount of knowledge about botany, forestry, gastronomy, aquatic systems and topography was not just passed along by enslaved people, but created by them.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
I had already taken a course in botany and done very well.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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They packed in all their bird books, their flower records, and botanies, and were eagerly waiting when the call from Mr. Dovesky came.
From Michael O'Halloran by Gene Stratton-Porter
Aside from laxity of method and statement, the only difference is that geographies and histories and botanies and astronomies are now part of the authoritative literature which is to be mastered.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey
With a sentiment of wonder and inquiry, not unmixed with mystery, do we regard many flowers, which are described in our botanies as Garden Escapes.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle
She was familiar with many members of she family, but such a fine specimen she seldom had found and she could not recall having seen it in all of her botanies.
From Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
The fruit-bearing palms require a chapter to themselves in the botanies, and are a source of surprising wealth.
From Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis
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