botanical garden

noun

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

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This 200-acre botanical garden a few miles west of downtown showcases over 750 species of native and drought-tolerant plants from the Colorado Plateau. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Now, there’s additional video to share thanks to the team at the botanical gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Overflow parking at Cheekwood botanical gardens must transition off city property by the end of 2027. Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 The garden is still in its planning phase, so there’s no large-scale botanical garden to visit. Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for botanical garden

Word History

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Sep. 2025.

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