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Botany

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

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Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Biology 76% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Algology 76% connected

The study or science of algae or seaweeds.

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Brier 76% connected

Alt. of Briar

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Browse 76% connected

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

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Brush 76% connected

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

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Brushwood 76% connected

Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Chaparral 76% connected

A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

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Coppice 76% connected

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.

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Copse 76% connected

A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.

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Forest 76% connected

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never be…

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Garden 76% connected

A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

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Growth 76% connected

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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Mycology 76% connected

That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi.

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Paleobotany 76% connected

That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.

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Phycology 76% connected

The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology.

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Pomology 76% connected

The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.

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Pteridology 76% connected

That department of botany which treats of ferns.

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Scrub 76% connected

To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; a…

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Shrubbery 76% connected

A collection of shrubs.

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Thicket 76% connected

A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.

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Wood 76% connected

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

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Botanic 74% connected

Alt. of Botanical

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Botanic 74% connected

Alt. of Botanical

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Botanical 74% connected

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

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Botanical 74% connected

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

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Botanist 74% connected

One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

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Botanist 74% connected

One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

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Botanize 74% connected

To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

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Botanize 74% connected

To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

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Vegetate 74% connected

To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.

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Vegetate 74% connected

To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.

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Biology 70% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

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Synonym 3

Flora 92% connected

The goddess of flowers and spring.

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Phytology 92% connected

The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany.

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Vegetation 92% connected

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

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