Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition.
of Botany
An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.
The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.
A book which treats of the science of botany.
Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences.
Having the form of a cluster of grapes.
Of the racemose or acropetal type of inflorescence.
The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain.
In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.