(bɒtənɪst ) Word forms: botanists plural. countable noun.
A botanist is a scientist who studies plants..
Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology..
Botany is the scientific study of plants..
botanology (uncountable) (obsolete) The science of botany..
Botanical Latin is a technical language based on Neo-Latin, used for descriptions of botanical taxa.
Until 2012, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature mandated Botanical Latin to be used for the descriptions of most new taxa.
It is still the only language other than English accepted for descriptions..
Any plant introduced to an area outside its natural range.
Often used interchangeably or in combination with foreign, exotic, non-native, and non-indigenous. alkaloid Any of a loosely defined class of organic compounds found in the tissues of many species of plants.
Modern botany traces its roots back to Ancient Greece specifically to Theophrastus ( c. 371 –287 BCE), a student of Aristotle who invented and described many of its principles and is widely regarded in the scientific community as the "Father of Botany".
