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the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.

植物学(→ zoology)

the plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period:

(ある特定の場所［時］の)植物; 植物(全体)の生物学的特徴

e.g. the botany of North America.

botanic |bəˈtanik| adjective

late 17th century: from earlier botanic (from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē ‘plant’) + -y3.