n.
Pronunciation: ' bä-t ə -n ē , ' bät-n ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nies
Etymology: botan ic botanical + 2 -y
Date: 1696
1 : a branch of biology dealing with plant life
2 a : plant life b : the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group
3 : a botanical treatise or study especially : a particular system of botany
– bot · a · nist \ -nist \ noun