Botany is the scientific study of plants.
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Botany
//ˈbɑt.ə.ni//
Synonyms for "botany" (94 found)
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Related words (47)
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15 entriesTranslations
122 translations across 93 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- plantkunde noun (scientific study of plants)
Albanian
1 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
Arabic
1 entries- عِلْم اَلنَّبَات noun (scientific study of plants)
Armenian
1 entries- բուսաբանություն noun (scientific study of plants)
Asturian
1 entries- botánica noun (scientific study of plants)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
- nəbatatşünaslıq noun (scientific study of plants)
Bashkir
1 entries- ботаника noun (scientific study of plants)
Basque
1 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
Belarusian
1 entries- бата́ніка noun (scientific study of plants)
Bengali
1 entries- উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞান noun (scientific study of plants)
Breton
1 entries- louzawouriezh noun (scientific study of plants)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бота́ника noun (scientific study of plants)
Burmese
1 entries- ရုက္ခဗေဒ noun (scientific study of plants)
Catalan
1 entries- botànica noun (scientific study of plants)
Chinese
1 entries- 植物學 /植物学 noun (scientific study of plants)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 植物學 /植物学 noun (scientific study of plants)
Czech
1 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
Danish
1 entries- botanik noun (scientific study of plants)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ގަހަވީ އިލްމު noun (scientific study of plants)
Dutch
3 entries- botanica noun (scientific study of plants)
- botanie noun (scientific study of plants)
- plantkunde noun (scientific study of plants)
Esperanto
2 entries- botaniko noun (scientific study of plants)
- plantscienco noun (scientific study of plants)
Estonian
1 entries- taimeteadus noun (scientific study of plants)
Faroese
1 entries- plantufrøði noun (scientific study of plants)
Finnish
4 entries- kasvibiologia noun (properties and life phenomena of plants)
- kasvillisuus noun (plant life of an area)
- kasvisto noun (plant life of an area)
- kasvitiede noun (scientific study of plants)
French
1 entries- botanique noun (scientific study of plants)
Galician
1 entries- botánica noun (scientific study of plants)
Georgian
1 entries- ბოტანიკა noun (scientific study of plants)
German
3 entries- Bflanzekùnd noun (scientific study of plants)
- Botanik noun (scientific study of plants)
- Pflanzenkunde noun (scientific study of plants)
Greek
1 entries- φυτολογία noun (scientific study of plants)
Greenlandic
1 entries- botanikki noun (scientific study of plants)
Gujarati
1 entries- વનસ્પતિશાસ્ત્ર noun (scientific study of plants)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- etid plant noun (scientific study of plants)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kālailau nahele noun (scientific study of plants)
Hebrew
1 entries- בוטניקה noun (scientific study of plants)
Hindi
1 entries- वनस्पति विज्ञान noun (scientific study of plants)
Hungarian
1 entries- növénytan noun (scientific study of plants)
Icelandic
1 entries- grasafræði noun (scientific study of plants)
Indonesian
1 entries- ilmu tumbuh-tumbuhan noun (scientific study of plants)
Irish
1 entries- luibheolaíocht noun (scientific study of plants)
Italian
1 entries- botanica noun (scientific study of plants)
Japanese
2 entries- 植物学 noun (scientific study of plants)
- 植物生態 noun (properties and life phenomena of plants)
Kannada
2 entries- ಗಿಡದರಿಮೆ noun (scientific study of plants)
- ಸಸ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ noun (scientific study of plants)
Kazakh
3 entries- ботаника noun (scientific study of plants)
- өсімдік тану noun (scientific study of plants)
- өсімдіктану noun (scientific study of plants)
Korean
1 entries- 식물학 noun (scientific study of plants)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ботаника noun (scientific study of plants)
Latin
1 entries- botanica noun (scientific study of plants)
Latvian
1 entries- botānika noun (scientific study of plants)
Limburgish
1 entries- plantkónde noun (scientific study of plants)
Lithuanian
1 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Botanik noun (scientific study of plants)
Macedonian
1 entries- ботаника noun (scientific study of plants)
Malay
2 entries- botani noun (scientific study of plants)
- kaji tumbuhan noun (scientific study of plants)
Malayalam
1 entries- സസ്യശാസ്ത്രം noun (scientific study of plants)
Manx
1 entries- lus-oaylleeaght noun (scientific study of plants)
Marathi
1 entries- वनस्पतीशास्त्र noun (scientific study of plants)
Mongolian
2 entries- ургамал судлал noun (scientific study of plants)
- ургамалзүй noun (scientific study of plants)
Māori
2 entries- mātai tipu noun (scientific study of plants)
- mātauranga huaota noun (scientific study of plants)
Nahuatl
1 entries- tlanelhuayomatiliztli noun (scientific study of plants)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼil naalkaah noun (scientific study of plants)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- giyanasî noun (scientific study of plants)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- botanikk noun (scientific study of plants)
- plantelære noun (scientific study of plants)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- plantelære noun (scientific study of plants)
Occitan
1 entries- botanica noun (scientific study of plants)
Odia
1 entries- ଉଦ୍ଭିଦ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ noun (scientific study of plants)
Ossetian
1 entries- ботаникӕ noun (scientific study of plants)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اوتلر علمی noun (scientific study of plants)
- علم نباتات noun (scientific study of plants)
Pashto
1 entries- بوټپوهنه noun (scientific study of plants)
Persian
1 entries- گیاهشناسی noun (scientific study of plants)
Polish
2 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
- roślinoznawstwo noun (scientific study of plants)
Portuguese
1 entries- botânica noun (scientific study of plants)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬਨਸਪਤੀ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ noun (scientific study of plants)
Romanian
1 entries- botanică noun (scientific study of plants)
Russian
1 entries- бота́ника noun (scientific study of plants)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- luibh-eòlas noun (scientific study of plants)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
- ботаника noun (scientific study of plants)
Slovak
1 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
Slovene
2 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
- rastlinoslovje noun (scientific study of plants)
Spanish
1 entries- botánica noun (scientific study of plants)
Sundanese
1 entries- élmu tutuwuhan noun (scientific study of plants)
Swahili
2 entries- botania noun (scientific study of plants)
- elimumime noun (scientific study of plants)
Swedish
4 entries- botanik noun (scientific study of plants)
- flora (floristics) noun (botanical treatise or study)
- lärobok i botanik noun (botanical treatise or study)
- växtbiologi noun (properties and life phenomena of plants)
Tagalog
1 entries- botanika noun (scientific study of plants)
Tajik
1 entries- гиёҳшиносӣ noun (scientific study of plants)
Tamil
1 entries- தாவரவியல் noun (scientific study of plants)
Telugu
1 entries- వృక్షశాస్త్రం noun (scientific study of plants)
Thai
1 entries- พฤกษศาสตร์ noun (scientific study of plants)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྩི་ཤིང་རིག་པ noun (scientific study of plants)
Turkish
2 entries- bitki bilimi noun (scientific study of plants)
- botanik noun (scientific study of plants)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бота́ніка noun (scientific study of plants)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thực vật học noun (scientific study of plants)
Volapük
1 entries- planav noun (scientific study of plants)
Walloon
1 entries- botanike noun (scientific study of plants)
Welsh
1 entries- llysieueg noun (scientific study of plants)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Botany deals with the study of plants.
Source: tatoeba (268580)
Zoology and botany deal with the study of life.
Source: tatoeba (280266)
If a guy has got a bunch of flowers in his hand, it means that he is going to practise not botany, but anatomy.
Source: tatoeba (2520001)
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