Botanic \Bo*tan"ic\, Botanical \Bo*tan"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
botanique. See Botany.]
Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants;
as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. --
Botan"ic*al*ly, adv.
Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants
collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of
botany.
Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines consist
chiefly of herbs and roots.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |