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botanical garden in American English a place where collections of plants and trees are kept for scientific study and exhibition botanical garden in American Englishnouna garden for the exhibition and scientific study of collected, growing plants, usually in association with greenhouses, herbariums, laboratories, etc. Also called: botanic garden Word origin [1775–85 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backfire, backup, cabriole, guideline, waltzExamples of 'botanical garden' in a sentencebotanical garden The view from the kitchen door is reminiscent of a botanical garden.But the emphasis on a botanical garden in particular is significant.The result is one big botanical garden arcing around the coast.An elaborate botanical garden has been planted, fed with light piped in through the 3ft wide dishes bolted to the roof.Soon the university had its own zoo next to a botanical garden planted by the botany department.Price's 21st-century botanical garden is understood to be costing 5m of the 200m price of the whole park.The grand entrance is flanked by two substantial gatehouses and it stands in 260 landscaped acres that include a botanical garden.And yet, art gallery, botanical garden and shopswise, even the most liberated bloke hits his limit sooner or later.The residence, surrounded by 35 acres of garden, has ten bedrooms, a 50m pool and an exotic botanical garden. |