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botany (s), botanies (pl) (nouns)
That vocational branch of biological science that embraces the study of plants and plant life, including algae; and it also deals with taxonomy, morphology, physiology, and other aspects of plant science:

While botany is the study of plants, it is divided into many areas including:

  • Plant taxonomy, a description of plants and their arrangements into classes.
  • Plant geography, the location of certain plants.
  • Plant ecology, studies of the relationships between plants and the environment.
  • Paleobotany, ancient plants.
  • Phytopathology, plant diseases.
  • Economic botany, how plants can be used as products.
  • Plant morphology, the physical structure of plants:
    • Physiology, the function of plant parts.
    • Cytology, the study of plant cells and their parts.
    • Anatomy and histology, the internal structure of plants.
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