bo·tan·i·cal (b -t n  -kl) also bo·tan·ic (-tnk)adj.1. Of or relating to plants or plant life. 2. Of or relating to the science of botany. n. A drug, medicinal preparation, or similar substance obtained from a plant or plants.
[From Late Latin botanicus, from Greek botanikos, from botan , fodder, plants.]
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botanical [bə`tænɪkəl], botanicadj (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) of or relating to botany or plants n (Medicine / Pharmacology) any drug or pesticide that is made from parts of a plant [from Medieval Latin botanicus, from Greek botanikos relating to plants, from botanē plant, pasture, from boskein to feed; perhaps related to Latin bōs ox, cow] botanically adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | botanical - a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves)drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic | | Adj. | 1. | botanical - of or relating to plants or botany; "botanical garden" |
Translations botanical [bəˈtænɪkəl] ADJ [ gardens] → botánico botanical [bəˈtænɪk/əl] botanic [bəˈtænɪk] adj → botanico/a
botanical [bəˈtænɪk/əl] botanic [bəˈtænɪk] adj → botanico/a
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| And at night, you urge me, with great mystery, to start before the ladies are stirring; the consequence of which is, that young Oliver here is pinned down to his breakfast when he ought to be ranging the meadows after botanical phenomena of all kinds. Meanwhile I was occupying myself in classifying my mineralogical, botanical, and zoological riches, when the accident happened to the Scotia. But in vain did he search the whole room, open and shut all the drawers, even that privileged one where the parcel which had been so fatal to Cornelius had been deposited; he found ticketed, as in a botanical garden, the "Jane," the "John de Witt," the hazel-nut, and the roasted-coffee coloured tulip; but of the black tulip, or rather the seedling bulbs within which it was still sleeping, not a trace was found. |