I. bəˈtanə̇kəl, -nēk- also bōˈ- or bäˈ- adjective
also bo·tan·ic -nik, -nēk
Etymology: botanical from botanic + -al; botanic from French botanique, from Greek botanikos of herbs, from botanē pasture, herb, from boskein to feed; akin to Lithuanian gauja herd and probably to Latin bos cow — more at cow
1.
a. : of or relating to plants
b. : relating to botany
2. : composed of, derived from, or employing vegetable remedial substances
3. : occurring naturally or in cultivation more or less unchanged from the original wild form
a botanical tulip
— compare horticultural
• bo·tan·i·cal·ly -nə̇k(ə)lē, -nēk-, -li adverb
II. noun
also botanic “
( -s )
: a crude vegetable drug consisting of roots, herbs, leaves, bark, or other plant material as distinguished from a refined or prepared vegetable product : a botanical drug as opposed to an animal drug or mineral drug