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botanical

[buh-tan-i-kuhl] / bəˈtæn ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
relating to plants
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After six years and an unprecedented botanical operation, Edinburgh's famous Palm Houses are back.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Abstract Scented volatile chemical products, including surface cleaning agents and botanical disinfectants, are widely used indoors and represent a major source of reactive organic emissions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

However, after the museum's original herbarium was damaged during World War Two, the space was repurposed to house the botanical collections and closed to the public.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Florist Abriana Vicioso is reimagining the traditional flower workshop as a communal “guided journey,” using botanical arts to foster healing and connection in the heart of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Those crops prove to be ones like West African yams, oil palm, and kola nut—plants that were already believed on botanical and other evidence to be native to West Africa and first domesticated there.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond



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