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botanical

[buh-tan-i-kuhl] / bəˈtæn ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
relating to plants
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Inside a small lab tucked away in the National Botanical Gardens of Wales in Carmarthenshire, humming freezers full of labelled silver packets are the last line of defence to save wild species from extinction.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"The waggle dance is often presented as a one-way information transfer," said Ken Tan, the senior author of the study and a researcher at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Roman Ivannikov has spent around 30 years pampering orchids, azaleas and figs at Ukraine's National Botanical Garden, but power cuts triggered by Russian strikes are threatening to freeze his cherished collection of tropical plants.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

And should those monsoon clouds descend while you’re roaming the lush banana groves of Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, I promise you won’t mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

The mushroom expert at the Botanical Gardens told me that.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George



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