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botany

[bot-n-ee] / ˈbɒt n i /


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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

Specialists in zoology, ecology, and botany worked together to uncover how different species manage to survive there.

From Science Daily Mar. 2, 2026

Among his innate gifts, Mufasa proves to be an expert in elephant migration patterns and botany.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2024

"Triplaris americana," said Balee, an expert in forest botany.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The topic Grasses is manifestly unfit for children, since grasses are difficult to study, and the description of them in encyclopedias and botanies is too technical.

From Library Work with Children by Alice Isabel Hazeltine

It is to be presumed that it has an unwieldy scientific cognomen in the botanies; but I heard of no common one, except that given by the poet.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Olive Thorne Miller

From it I have sent to scientists flowers and vines not then classified and illustrated in our botanies.

From Moths of the Limberlost 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

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




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