Referring to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London, famous for plant research and conservation. Also used as shorthand for botanical expertise or plant collections.
Named after Kew, a district in London where the gardens were established in 1759. The area name likely derives from Old French 'quai' meaning wharf, referring to its Thames riverside location.
Kew Gardens houses the world's largest collection of living plants and has been humanity's plant library for over 260 years. Their seed bank contains over 2.4 billion seeds from nearly 40,000 species - essentially a backup drive for Earth's botanical diversity.
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