| Main Entry: | ecology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environmental science |
Synonyms: |
bionomics, conservation, preservation |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments |
| Main Entry: | botany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of plants |
Synonyms: |
anatomy, cytology, dendrology, ecology, floristics, genetics, horticulture, morphology, natural history, paleo-botany, pathology, physiology, phytogeography, phytology, pomology, study of flora, study of vegetation, taxonomy |
| Main Entry: | environmental protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preservation of natural resources |
Synonyms: |
ecology, environmental control, environmental impact analysis, environmental management, environmental monitoring, environmental policy, environmental science, environmentology |
| Main Entry: | life science |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | any branch of natural science |
Synonyms: |
animal biology, anthropology, biological science, biology, bioscience, botany, ecology, environmental science, medicine, natural science, science of life, study of living things, zoology |
| Main Entry: | botany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
acervate, acinaceous, barbate, botanical, carpogenous, dealbate, fasciate, flagellate, glaucous, imberbe, phyllogenetic, pullulant, soboliferous
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| Concept: | [The science of plants] Botany. |
| Category: | 1. Vitality; special vitality |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
botany; physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany; phytography, phytology, phytotomy; vegetable physiology, herborization, endrology, mycology, fungology, algology; flora, romona; botanic garden (garden); hortus siccus, herbarium, herbal., botanist; herbist, herbarist, herbalist, herborist, herbarian.
-verbs
botanize, herborize.
-adjectives
botanical; botanic.
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