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BOTANICAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("botanical" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to plants or botany

Example:

botanical garden

Synonyms:

botanic; botanical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

botany (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Derivation:

botany (the branch of biology that studies plants)

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