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Definition of Botany bay
1. Proper noun. (geography) A bay in New South Wales, south of w:Sydney Cove Sydney Cove, Australia; the site of a landing by explorer w:James Cook Captain James Cook and later of the w:First Fleet First Fleet, and originally planned to be the site of the first penal colony in Australia. ¹
2. Proper noun. The penal colony, actually established at Sydney Cove, which developed into the now city of Sydney. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Botany bay
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A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770.
Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort.
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