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Botanical

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition.

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Broader term 1

Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Botany 74% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Botany 74% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Botany 66% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Botanic 92% connected

Alt. of Botanical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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