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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: botanique, from Greek botanikos, from botane 'plant (that can be eaten)', from boskein 'to feed'

botanical

 adjective
     
Related topics: Plants
bo‧tan‧i‧cal [only before noun]
HBP relating to plants or the scientific study of plants
—botanically adverb
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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