| ASTROBOTANY | • astrobotany n. Synonym of xenobotany. • ASTROBOTANY n. the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets. |
| BOTANICALLY | • botanically adv. In a botanical manner. • botanically adv. Regarding botany. • BOTANICAL adv. related to botany. |
| BOTANOMANCY | • botanomancy n. Divination by plants. A form of pyromancy in which tree branches and/or leaves are burnt. • botanomancy n. Tea-leaf reading, or tasseomancy. • BOTANOMANCY n. divination using burning branches or plants. |
| ETHNOBOTANY | • ethnobotany n. (Botany, sociology) The scientific study of the relationships between people and plants. • ethnobotany n. (Pharmacology) The scientific study of traditional medicinal plants used by various ethnic groups. • ETHNOBOTANY n. the plant lore of indigenous cultures. |
| GEOBOTANIES | • GEOBOTANY n. the geographical study of plant distribution, aka phytogeography. |
| GEOBOTANIST | • geobotanist n. One who studies geobotany. • GEOBOTANIST n. a student of geobotany. |
| HOOTANANNIE | • HOOTANANNIE n. (US) a party with folksinging and sometimes dancing, also HOOTANANNY, HOOTENANNIE, HOOTENANNY, HOOTNANNIE, HOOTNANNY. |
| NONBOTANIST | • nonbotanist n. One who is not a botanist. • NONBOTANIST n. one who is not a botanist. |
| PALEOBOTANY | • paleobotany n. The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils. • PALEOBOTANY n. the study of fossil plants, also PALAEOBOTANY. |
| PROTANDRIES | • PROTANDRY n. the development of male organs before female to avoid self-fertilization. |
| PROTANDROUS | • protandrous adj. (Biology) Exhibiting protandry. • protandrous adj. (Botany) Whose male parts (anthers) becomes mature before the female ones (stigma). • protandrous adj. (Botany) Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature. |
| PROTANOMALY | • protanomaly n. A form of colour blindness causing a lower sensitivity to red light. • PROTANOMALY n. a form of colour blindness in which there is a decreased response to red. |
| PROTANOPIAS | • protanopias n. Plural of protanopia. • PROTANOPIA n. colour-blindness with respect to red. |