botanical garden

noun

variants or less commonly botanic garden
: a garden often with greenhouses for the culture, study, and exhibition of special plants

Examples of botanical garden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Earlier this year, Cincinnati also won 10Best categories for street art and best botanical garden. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024 Beatrix Farrand Known as the first lady of American landscape architecture, Farrand designed more than 100 gardens for private estates, public parks, college campuses, botanical gardens and even the White House’s East Garden during the Wilson presidency. Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024 The botanical garden and outdoor sculpture park is home to the renowned Richard & Helen Devos Japanese Garden, which is considered to be one of the best Japanese gardens outside Japan. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024 The Calgary Tower, National Music Centre at Studio Bell, the indoor botanical garden at +15 Skywalk, and the Glenbow Museum of art and history (largest of its kind in western Canada) are the prime downtown attractions. Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 Voting for the botanical garden and zoo categories took place from Feb. 5 to March 4, with winners revealed March 13. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024 The design featured a 400-foot-wide canopy plated in blue oxidized copper, covering verdant botanical gardens. Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2024 As well as offering its very own aviary, the hotel is a mere 15-minute walk from the city’s Hortus Botanicus, one of the world’s oldest botanical gardens. Liam Hess, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024 Orchid Cove’s main draw, however, is the natural land, which includes award-winning botanical gardens, a meditation garden, and a total of 1,000 feet of water frontage. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of botanical garden was in 1673

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“Botanical garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botanical%20garden. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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