botany
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Helen Litchfield, secretary of the botany section at La Société Guernesiaise, said the team's efforts in propagating the dwarf pansy meant it was no longer at risk.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
He learned through writing the book that his mother hailed from a “family of brilliant and daring misfits who had carved new paths in botany and medicine and left-wing politics,” he writes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
First, a botany crash-course: You can’t just plant a seed from your favorite apple to grow more of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
"It covers a very significant amount of area," Naomi Fraga, director of conservation at the California Botanic Garden and research assistant professor of botany at Claremont Graduate University, told Salon.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2024
I had already taken a course in botany and done very well.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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