Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
The area is of great botanical interest.
...botanical gardens.
2. countable noun
Botanicals are drugs which are made from plants.
The most effective new botanicals are extracts from cola nut and marine algae.
botanical in British English
(ˌbəˈtænɪkəl) or botanic
adjective
1.
of or relating to botany or plants
noun
2.
any substance derived from parts of a plant and used in making drugs or pesticides or in flavouring foodstuffs
Derived forms
botanically (boˈtanically)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin botanicus, from Greek botanikos relating to plants, from botanē plant, pasture, from boskein to feed; perhaps related to Latin bōs ox, cow
botanical in American English
(bəˈtænɪkəl)
adjective
1.
of plants and plant life
2.
of or connected with the science of botany
3.
of or belonging to a botanical species
: Also boˈtanic
noun
4.
a drug prepared from bark, roots, herbs, etc.
Derived forms
botanically (boˈtanically)
adverb
Word origin
< obs. botanic (< Fr botanique < Gr botanikos < botanē, a plant < boskein, to feed, graze) + -al
botanical in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(bətænɪkəl)
Word forms: (regular plural) botanicals
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
A botanical is any drug or pesticide that is made from parts of a plant.
Plant extracts such as milk thistle extract and dandelion root are known as botanicals.
They studied the effects of milk thistle and other botanicals in the treatment of disease.
A botanical is any drug or pesticide that is made from parts of a plant.
Examples of 'botanical' in a sentence
botanical
The university's botanical gardens are free to visit, including the tropical house.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet it is worth the price of entry for the view from the top-floor balcony, and for the botanical gardens that surround it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The second is a fantastical take on exotic botanical illustrations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Nor is it a book about botanical illustration.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
These botanical gardens are the setting for a natural history museum.
Delaforce, Patrick Collins Traveller-Tuscany and Florence (1993)
Its botanical name is great reed mace.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Is one a common and the other a botanical name?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Other designers are drawing on the influence of botanical drawings to produce embroidered table and bed linens.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Their botanical name is crane flies.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Art classes cover landscape painting, botanical illustration and sketching ancient buildings and modern architecture.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This 1930s hotel amid manicured botanical gardens has a thermal spring perfect for a lazy afternoon.
The Sun (2013)
I recommend a visit to the botanical gardens.
The Sun (2012)
Its new cultural sailings include trips to concerts staged in mountain caves, plus tours of botanical gardens and cathedrals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The final stage, the blossoming of the future, was taped at a botanical garden.
Christianity Today (2000)
Her teacher, noting her meticulous eye for detail, suggested she take lessons in botanical drawing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The show has one of the finest displays of orchids from growers, orchid societies and botanical gardens around Europe.
The Sun (2015)
There are lots of pretty botanical paintings from the RHS's massive archive too.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
botanical
British English: botanical ADJECTIVE
Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.