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botanic

botanic

1 4.4
About plants or the study of plants
  • adjective
  • /bəˈtænɪk/
translation icon : botánico
  • We have national botanic gardens in England, Scotland, and Wales, so there was no need for another similar institution.
  • botanic gardens

Examples

  • Visit the Turtle Farm at Boatswain's Beach, Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, Pirate's Caves, and more.

    Blog text (1)
  • Carlos Magdalena (shown here), horticulturalist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, helped bring Nymphaea thermarum back from near extinction.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We are quite happy about that, but Eden will not gravitate towards becoming a traditional botanic garden.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I want to give you an update tour of our brand new Hartley Botanic greenhouse.

  • "Some of the principal differences between a botanic garden and a park are that the former is involved in science, conservation, and educational activities," he said.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Here, Jack Sustic gives a tour to the Friends of the Bonsai Club of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

    Academic text (2003)
  • For others, their holiday tradition is oohing and aahing over the light display in a favorite city, botanic garden, zoo, or theme park.

    Blog text (17)
  • So a group of researchers led by botanist Antje Ahrends of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom, recently looked over records of tropical tree research in Tanzania from 1980 to 2007.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Conservation efforts in this area usually take one of two forms: protecting natural habitats as such and safeguarding threatened species, populations, and gene pools in such places as botanic gardens, zoos, aquaria, genebanks, and seedbanks.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The researcher focused on botanic studies to understand plant ecosystems better.

Synonyms

botanical
vsbotanic
39 5.5

Relating to plants or the study of plants

has identical meaning but is an alternative adjective form used in writing

Surface Forms

botanic positive
botanica positive

Morphology

botanic = botany (transparent) = botan + ic

The adjective is directly derived from the noun 'botany' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ic', so its meaning 'relating to plants' is predictable.

Etymology

Botanic comes from the Greek word botane, meaning 'plant', and it is the same root as botany, the science of plants. So botanic simply means 'relating to plants', which helps you remember it when you think of botany or botanic gardens.