Relating to plants or the study of plants; connected to botany or plant life.
From Greek 'botanikos' (from 'botane' meaning plant or herb). The word entered English in the 1600s as Europeans developed systematic study of the natural world during the Scientific Revolution.
The word 'botany' comes from the Greek word for 'pasture' or 'plant,' which makes sense—it's the study of what animals graze on. But it became the fancy scientific name for plant study during a time when Europeans were exploring new continents and discovering thousands of unknown plants!
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