Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun botany
2 senses of botany
Sense 1
vegetation, flora, botany -- (all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China")
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage -- (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Sense 2
botany, phytology -- (the branch of biology that studies plants)
=> biology, biological science -- (the science that studies living organisms)