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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1696]
==Definitions==
*1 : a branch of [[biology]] dealing with plant life
*2 a : plant life
:b : the properties and life [[phenomena]] exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant [[group]]
*3 : a botanical treatise or [[study]]; especially : a particular [[system]] of botany
==Description==
'''Botany''', plant science(s), phytology, or plant biology, is a branch of [[biology]]. It is the [[scientific]] [[study]] of plant life. Botany covers a wide range of [[scientific]] [[disciplines]] concerned with the [[study]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plants], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae algae] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi fungi], including [[structure]], [[growth]], reproduction, metabolism, [[development]], diseases, [[chemical]] properties, and [[evolutionary]] [[relationships]] between [[taxonomic]] [[groups]]. Botany began with early [[human]] [[efforts]] to identify edible, [[Medicine|medicinal]] and [[Poison|poisonous]] plants, making it one of the oldest [[sciences]]. Today botanists [[study]] over 550,000 [[species]] of living organisms.
[[Category: Biology]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1696]
==Definitions==
*1 : a branch of [[biology]] dealing with plant life
*2 a : plant life
:b : the properties and life [[phenomena]] exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant [[group]]
*3 : a botanical treatise or [[study]]; especially : a particular [[system]] of botany
==Description==
'''Botany''', plant science(s), phytology, or plant biology, is a branch of [[biology]]. It is the [[scientific]] [[study]] of plant life. Botany covers a wide range of [[scientific]] [[disciplines]] concerned with the [[study]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plants], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae algae] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi fungi], including [[structure]], [[growth]], reproduction, metabolism, [[development]], diseases, [[chemical]] properties, and [[evolutionary]] [[relationships]] between [[taxonomic]] [[groups]]. Botany began with early [[human]] [[efforts]] to identify edible, [[Medicine|medicinal]] and [[Poison|poisonous]] plants, making it one of the oldest [[sciences]]. Today botanists [[study]] over 550,000 [[species]] of living organisms.
[[Category: Biology]]