botanical
botanical — adjective
1. about plants, or about the science that deals with them.
about plants, or about the science that deals with them.
Ravi sketched leaves in the botanical garden before the rain began.
botanical garden
The museum opened a botanical show about desert plants from Chile.
botanical + event noun
Our teacher brought botanical drawings to explain how seeds travel.
A botanical survey found rare flowers near the mountain road.
Nadia keeps a botanical notebook with pressed leaves from each hike.
文法句型
botanical + garden/name/drawing/study
botanical + survey/research
用法筆記
Usually appears before nouns such as garden, drawing, name, survey, and research. Distinguish from noun/1, where botanical names the plant or plant material itself.
常見錯誤
botanical — noun
1. a plant, or material taken from one, used in medicine or to add taste to a drink
a plant, or material taken from one, used in medicine or to add taste to a drink.
The guide showed us a botanical that villagers boil for stomach pain.
a botanical that ...
In this tea shop, dried botanicals hang above the wooden counter.
plural: dried botanicals
The small factory buys citrus peel and other botanicals for its gin.
The distiller added one more botanical to the orange gin.
Researchers tested a rainforest botanical for cough medicine.
- herb
broader everyday word, often for cooking or simple remedies
- plant extract
focuses on material taken from a plant rather than the whole plant
- remedy
names the treatment itself, not specifically a plant source
文法句型
a botanical for + illness
botanicals in + tea/gin/drink
用法筆記
Often used in the plural when people list ingredients in tea, gin, or traditional remedies. Distinguish from adjective/1: this noun refers to the plant or plant matter itself, not to plant science.