botanic
AdjectiveUS[buh-tan-ik]/bəˈtænɪk/3 syllables
Synonyms:
botanical
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bo·tan′ic (…), Bo·tan′ic·al (…) adjective
Origin: Cf. F. botanique. See Botany.
Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. — Bo·tan′wb-a1′>′ic·al·ly, adverb
Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany. — Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54