botany
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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
"Through this paper, we aim to raise awareness of forensic botany and encourage law enforcement to recognize the value of even the smallest plant fragments during investigations."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 1, 2026
Simon Milne, whose formal title is regius keeper, has been recognised for his services to botany, conservation and horticulture.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
First, a botany crash-course: You can’t just plant a seed from your favorite apple to grow more of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
She was, from the look of it, translating texts having to do with botany.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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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
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
The difficulty in tree study by the aid of the usual botanies lies mainly in the fact that in using them the first essential parts to be examined are the blossoms and their organs.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar
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
It was the germander speedwell that in literature and botanies alike was most commonly known as the forget-me-not for over two hundred years, or until only fifty years ago.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
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