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botanical

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) botanical (adjective)
  2. 2) botanical (noun)
  3. botanical garden (noun)

1bo·tan·i·cal

adj \bə-ˈta-ni-kəl\

Definition of BOTANICAL

1
: of or relating to plants or botany
2
: derived from plants
3
: species <botanical tulips>
— bo·tan·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of BOTANICAL

French botanique, from Greek botanikos of herbs, from botanē pasture, herb, from boskein to feed, graze; probably akin to Lithuanian guotas flock
First Known Use: 1658

Rhymes with BOTANICAL

mechanical, tyrannical

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