Synonyms for botany
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
Related words
- Word family
- botanical botanist botanophile botanophilist
Forms
- Plural
- botanies → floras, vegetations, phytologies…
Example sentences
- vegetation This city is very modern but it lacks vegetation.
- flora The local flora and fauna are incredibly diverse.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| botany | falling | |
| vegetation | falling | |
| flora | falling | |
| phytology | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- flora2
- 9 letters
- phytology
- 10 letters
- vegetation4
- 12 letters
- phytobiology
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flora2 = 2 syllables).