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botanical

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bo·tan·i·cal  (b-tn-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.]
bo·tani·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
botanic
Translations
Spanish botanical [bəˈtænɪkl] adj → botánico
French botanical [bəˈtænɪkl] adj → botanique
German botanical [bəˈtænɪkl] adj → botanisch
Italian botanical [bəˈtænɪkl] adj → botanico/a
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Meanwhile I was occupying myself in classifying my mineralogical, botanical, and zoological riches, when the accident happened to the Scotia.
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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.
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