Botany

bot′an-i, n. the science of plants.— adj. Botan′ic .— adv. Botan′ically .— v.i. Bot′anise , to seek for and collect plants for study.— ns. Bot′anist , one skilled in botany; Bot′anomancy , divination by means of plants, esp. the leaves of the sage and fig.— Botany Bay , a famous convict settlement in New South Wales, near to what is now Sydney: convict settlements generally. [Gr. bot anē , herb, plant— bosk-ein , to feed, L. vescor , I feed myself; perh. cog. with A.S. woed .]