An archaic or variant spelling of 'botany,' the scientific study of plants and plant life.
From Greek 'botanē' (plant/herb) plus '-y' (forming nouns of practice/discipline). This spelling reflects older English conventions.
Early botanists were often apothecaries—they studied plants because medicines came from them, so botany started as pharmaceutical chemistry before becoming a pure science.
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