[mass noun]the scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance of plants 植物学 ■the plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period (某地区的)植物 the botany of North America. 北美的植物。
派生 botanic adjective botanist noun 语源
late 17th cent.: from earlier botanic (from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē 'plant') + -y