botanical, a.
(bəʊˈtænɪkəl)
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Concerned with the study or cultivation of plants, pertaining to botany.
| 1658 Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus II. 499 The Persian Gallants who destroyed this Monarchy, maintained their Botanicall bravery. 1767 Barrington in Phil. Trans. LVII. 214 When a stranger, from botanical or other curiosity, goes to the top of a Welsh mountain. 1797 Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. III. lxxxvii. (ed. 2) 442 A large botanical garden. 1830 Lyell Princ. Geol. xxxviii. (1850) 591 Botanical Geography. A comparison of the plants of different regions. 1873 Morley Rousseau II. 75 In his botanical expeditions. |