bot·a·ny 
(bŏtn-ē)
(bŏtn-ē)n. pl. bot·a·nies
1.
a. The science or study of plants.
b. A book or scholarly work on this subject.
2. The plant life of a particular area: the botany of the Ohio River valley.
3. The characteristic features and biology of a particular kind of plant or plant group.
[Back-formation from earlier botanic, botanical, from Late Latin botanicus; see BOTANICAL.]