Having to do with plants, most often used in reference to artwork depicting plants or flowers
Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants. The area is of great botanical interest. botanical gardens
Botanicals are drugs which are made from plants. The most effective new botanicals are extracts from cola nut and marine algae. relating to plants or the scientific study of plants (botanique, from botanikos, from botane , from boskein )
a substance derived from plants; a vegetable drug, especially in its crude state [CUB]
A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world
A place where a wide variety of plants are cultivated for scientific, educational, and ornamental purposes, often including a library, a herbarium, and greenhouses; an arboretum. a large public garden where many different types of flowers and plants are grown for scientific study. or botanic garden Originally, a collection of living plants designed to illustrate relationships within plant groups. Most modern botanical gardens are concerned primarily with exhibiting ornamental plants in a scheme that emphasizes natural relationships. A display garden of mostly woody plants (shrubs and trees) is often called an arboretum. The botanical garden as an institution can be traced to ancient China and many Mediterranean countries, where such gardens were often centers for raising plants used for food and medicines. Botanical gardens are also reservoirs of valuable heritable characteristics, potentially important in the breeding of new varieties of plants. Still another function is the training of gardeners. The world's most famous botanical garden is Kew Gardens