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  1. Botany | Definition, History, Branches, & Facts | Britannica

    Botany, branch of biology that deals with the study of plants, including their structure, properties, and biochemical processes. The principles and findings of botany have provided the base for such …

  2. Botany - Taxonomy, Ecology, Morphology | Britannica

    Botany - Taxonomy, Ecology, Morphology: For convenience, but not on any mutually exclusive basis, several major areas or approaches are recognized commonly as disciplines of botany. These are …

  3. botany summary | Britannica

    botany, Branch of biology that deals with plants, including the study of the structure, properties, and biochemical processes of all forms of plant life, as well as plant classification, plant diseases, and the …

  4. botany - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Botany is the study of not only the so-called vascular plants, such as garden flowers, vines, shrubs, and trees, but also of nonvascular plants, such as mosses and ferns.

  5. Botany - Taxonomy, Classification, Nomenclature | Britannica

    Botany - Taxonomy, Classification, Nomenclature: Experimental research under controlled conditions, made possible by botanical gardens and their ranges of greenhouses and controlled environmental …

  6. botany - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Botany is the study of plants. It is a branch of biology. Scientists who work in the field of botany are called botanists. Botany is important because people and animals depend on plants in many ways. …

  7. Botany - Taxonomy, Morphology, Ecology | Britannica

    Dec 24, 2025 · Botany - Taxonomy, Morphology, Ecology: The invention of the compound microscope provided a valuable and durable instrument for the investigation of the inner structure of plants. Early …

  8. Botany Bay | Australia, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica

    Botany Bay, inlet of the Tasman Sea (Pacific Ocean), indenting New South Wales, Australia. Roughly circular, about 5 miles (8 km) across and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at its mouth (between the La Perouse …

  9. Berry | Definition, Fruit, Types, & Examples | Britannica

    Feb 20, 2026 · berry, in botany, a simple fleshy fruit that usually has many seeds, such as the banana, grape, melon, orange, and tomato. As a simple fruit, a berry is derived from a single ovary of an …

  10. Botany Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    botany 1 ENTRIES FOUND: botany (noun) botany / ˈ bɑːtəni/ noun Britannica Dictionary definition of BOTANY [noncount] : a branch of science that deals with plant life