Botanically
Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants:
botanical survey; botanical drugs.
Pharmacology. a drug made from part of a plant, as from roots, leaves, bark, or berries.
Historical Examples
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Various
Trees of Indiana Charles Clemon Deam
Wood and Forest William Noyes
Proserpina, Volume 2 John Ruskin
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 Various
The History of Cuba, vol. 5 Willis Fletcher Johnson
Growing Nuts in the North Carl Weschcke
American Forest Trees Henry H. Gibson
Proserpina, Volume 1 John Ruskin
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
adjective
of or relating to botany or plants
noun
any drug or pesticide that is made from parts of a plant
adj.
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