botany
noun /ˈbɒtəni/
/ˈbɑːtəni/
[uncountable]- the scientific study of plants and their structure
compare biology, zoologyTopics Scientific researchc2, Biologyc2植物学 词源late 17th cent.: from earlier botanic (from French botanique, based on Greek botanikos, from botanē ‘plant’) + -y.