botanican.

Brit.

/bəˈtanᵻkə/, U.S.

/bəˈtænəkə/

Forms: 1900s– botanica, 1900s– botánica. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish botánica.

Etymology: Apparently < Spanish botánica botany (see botanics n.).

Chiefly U.S.

In some Hispanic communities: a shop selling herbal and other traditional remedies and charms such as religious artefacts and amulets, scented oils, incense, candles, etc.

ΚΠ

1968 Milbank Memorial Fund Q. 46 377 It is useful to regard the botanica as the folk medical pharmacy and the spiritualist (or medium) as the folk physician.

1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 96/1 Folk healers use herbal remedies, perfumes, symbolic objects, special baths—all of which are found in Hispanic botanicas (similar to drug stores).

1995 P. Manuel in P. Manuel et al. Caribbean Currents ii. 22 In New York and other North American cities, there are dozens of stores called botánicas that sell herbal medicines, statuettes, booklets, talismans, and other articles related to santería.

2015 J. O. Cofer Cruel Country xxvii. 77 My mother began to light special candles, the kind you find in botánicas and bodegas that come with different prayers and images of saints.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	botanica
释义	botanican. Brit. /bəˈtanᵻkə/, U.S. /bəˈtænəkə/ Forms: 1900s– botanica, 1900s– botánica. Also with capital initial. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish botánica. Etymology: Apparently < Spanish botánica botany (see botanics n.). Chiefly U.S. In some Hispanic communities: a shop selling herbal and other traditional remedies and charms such as religious artefacts and amulets, scented oils, incense, candles, etc. ΚΠ 1968 Milbank Memorial Fund Q. 46 377 It is useful to regard the botanica as the folk medical pharmacy and the spiritualist (or medium) as the folk physician. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 96/1 Folk healers use herbal remedies, perfumes, symbolic objects, special baths—all of which are found in Hispanic botanicas (similar to drug stores). 1995 P. Manuel in P. Manuel et al. Caribbean Currents ii. 22 In New York and other North American cities, there are dozens of stores called botánicas that sell herbal medicines, statuettes, booklets, talismans, and other articles related to santería. 2015 J. O. Cofer Cruel Country xxvii. 77 My mother began to light special candles, the kind you find in botánicas and bodegas that come with different prayers and images of saints. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1968
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