Botany is an English word with synonyms like vegetation or biology. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Botany in a sentence
Botany meaning
- A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
- The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
- The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
Synonyms of Botany
Using Botany
- The main meaning on this page is: A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants. | The plant life of a geographical area; flora. | The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
- Useful related words include: vegetation, biology, phytology, fauna.
- In the example corpus, botany often appears in combinations such as: of botany, botany bay, botany and.
Context around Botany
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Botany
- In this selection, "botany" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, port, west, except, street, bay and department stand out and add context to how "botany" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at port botany and at port botany in 2023. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "botany" sits close to words such as aamir, abysmal and alderman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with botany
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a child, the Ukrainian loved botany. (7 words)
Botany dots some of Bagherof’s earliest memories. (8 words)
The Romans loved their plants, botany, and horticulture. (8 words)
The artifacts were all that remain of some 40 spears that Cook and botanist Joseph Banks took in April 1770, at the time of the first contact between Cook’s crew and the Indigenous people of Kamay, or Botany Bay. (40 words)
K.F. Baker, J.L. Collins, "Notes on the distribution and ecology of Ananas and Pseudananas in South America", American Journal of Botany, 1939; Collins, The pineapple: botany, utilization, cultivation, (London:Leonard Hill) J L. 1960. (36 words)
Ancient Greek biologist Theophrastus, who lived from 372 to 287 BC and is considered to be the father of botany, wrote that sideritis, was so named because of its properties to heal wounds from iron objects. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Except Botany Department, which has three educational programmes: Botany, Environmental Sciences and Microbiology; and Mathematics Department, which has two educational programmes: Mathematics and Computer Science.
K.F. Baker, J.L. Collins, "Notes on the distribution and ecology of Ananas and Pseudananas in South America", American Journal of Botany, 1939; Collins, The pineapple: botany, utilization, cultivation, (London:Leonard Hill) J L. 1960.
Ancient Greek biologist Theophrastus, who lived from 372 to 287 BC and is considered to be the father of botany, wrote that sideritis, was so named because of its properties to heal wounds from iron objects.
As a child, the Ukrainian loved botany.
Botany dots some of Bagherof’s earliest memories.
Golden–Whitehead said she was drawn to UW–Madison because of its botany major.
Home gardening is a great way to spend time outside, improve local ecosystems and learn more about botany and plants.
In the interest of Administration, following transfers and posting of Associate/Assistant Professors of Botany subject are, hereby, ordered with immediate effect.
Take a look at some of the new screenshots and imagery from Botany Manor, revealing more of the puzzle mechanics to the game.
The Romans loved their plants, botany, and horticulture.
Two men have been charged after cocaine with a srtreet value of $60 million in a shipping container at Port Botany.
When Batman goes to stop Ivy's Titan-fueled assault on Arkham, the hero has to juggle an onslaught of her botany-inspired powers, from zones of the ground covered with thorns to brainwashed henchmen.
Although not within the world of botany, they have a huge impact on many of our local trees, wildflowers, and garden crops.
Members of the Australian Palestinian community attended a previous protest at Port Botany in 2023.
One of the first mistakes is giving your hydrangeas a lack of nutrients, claimed Julia Omelchenko, resident botany expert at, the app that helps identify plants and improve plant care.
On March 1 a sinkhole 10-metres wide and 18-metres deep opened above the tunnels leaving a two-storey building in West Botany Street in danger of collapsing.
Providing advice will be visiting United Kingdom crop protection and integrated pest management expert Dr Aoife O’Driscoll, a senior specialist from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.
The artifacts were all that remain of some 40 spears that Cook and botanist Joseph Banks took in April 1770, at the time of the first contact between Cook’s crew and the Indigenous people of Kamay, or Botany Bay.
The body of 33-year-old Greenacre woman was discovered in dense bushland by a jogger in Botany Bay's Sir Joseph Banks Park in 's south on December 9, 18km from her home.
Three sites in West Botany Street, Arncliffe, around the M5 East portals - all vacant land owned by Transport for NSW - also have been identified.for housing.
Common combinations with botany
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of botany 21×
- botany bay 19×
- botany and 12×
- in botany 12×
- the botany 8×
- port botany 7×
- and botany 6×
- botany in 5×
- to botany 4×
- zoology botany 4×