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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These works, alongside 18,000 plants grown for the exhibition, will join the more than one million plants typically on display at the botanical garden in the Bronx, New York City’s greenest borough. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025 The main park has more than 55 rides and attractions ranging from roller coasters to water play areas for little kids, a botanical garden, shows, seasonal events, like Brick-or-Treat in the fall, and more. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 June 2025 Over a follow-up call in May, Corenswet has traded the phone booth from EW's cover for a botanical garden somewhere outside Los Angeles. EW.com, 10 June 2025 The city also is planning to add two lakes to the park, which are already being dug as well, several cultural museums, a botanical garden, a retail center, restaurants and other features that are expected to begin to open over the next few years. Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for botanical garden

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 4 Jul. 2025.

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