Definition of Botanical

1. Noun. A drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves).

Generic synonyms: Drug

2. Adjective. Of or relating to plants or botany. "Botanical garden"
Exact synonyms: Botanic
Partainyms: Botany, Botany
Derivative terms: Botany, Botany

Definition of Botanical

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. ¹

2. Noun. Something derived from a botanical, especially herbal, source ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Botanical

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Botanical

1. Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. Botan"ically, Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany. Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots. Origin: Cf. F. Botanique. See Botany. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Botanical

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bota bag
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botallackites
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botanical (current term)
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botanical medicine
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botanies
botanise
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botanises
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Literary usage of Botanical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1896)
"8°. pp. 592; pi. 287-320. New York: 1897. The Club. Madison botanical ... SF Edinburgh, botanical Society of. Transactions and Proceedings. Vol. ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1898)
"See botanical Gazette. botanical Cabinet ; consisting of coloured delineations of ... botanical Gazette, a journal of the progress of British botany and the ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1898)
"See botanical Gazette. botanical Cabinet ; consisting of coloured delineations of ... botanical Gazette, a journal of the progress of British botany and the ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"A botanical station ideal for experimental work in tropical botanical problems is a ... A botanical station for research to be effective must be under the ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
""Tho botanical Seminar and the Early Development of Plant Pathology in ... The botanical Seminar WHS founded in 189.4. The purpose of the members was to ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"The taxonomic value of the staminate flowers of some species of Quercus is shown by Professor Rowlee and Miss Nichols in the botanical Gazette for May. ..."

7. A Register of National Bibliography: With a Selection of the Chief by William Prideaux Courtney (1905)
"For current lit. on N. American botany, see bulletin of the Torrey botanical club, N. Yk. — bibliog. of [by GJ Symons and PL Simmonds] ; colonies and india, ..."

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