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| Main Entry: | ecology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environmental science |
| Synonyms: | conservation, preservation, bionomics |
| 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, ecology, horticulture, cytology, dendrology, floristics, genetics, 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: | anthropology, botany, ecology, medicine, natural science, animal biology, biological science, biology, bioscience, environmental science, science of life, study of living things, zoology |
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