botanic
botanic — noun
1. a garden that keeps many different plants so people can learn about them and wal
a garden that keeps many different plants so people can learn about them and walk around it
Ayesha sketched orchid leaves beside the pond at the city botanic.
pattern: at the city botanic
Schoolchildren spent Friday morning learning about palms at the botanic.
collocation: at the botanic
After lunch, Mira walked through the botanic to see the cactus house.
The new botanic opened a seed library near the main glasshouse.
- botanical garden
the fuller and more common name for the same kind of place
- arboretum
a plant collection focused mainly on trees rather than all plant types
文法句型
visit the botanic
walk through the botanic
the city botanic
用法筆記
Often used in the name of a place or as a short form of botanic garden. In everyday conversation, many speakers still say botanical garden more often.
常見錯誤
botanic — adjective
1. connected with plants or with the study of them
connected with plants or with the study of them
Christopher borrowed a botanic atlas before his field trip to Yilan.
pattern: botanic + study noun
The museum displayed botanic drawings of ferns from the Qing era.
collocation: botanic drawings
Professor Lin gave a botanic lecture on seed spread in mountain forests.
Jude checked the botanic name on the plant label twice.
- zoological
connected with animals rather than plants
文法句型
botanic research
botanic art
botanic name
用法筆記
Usually before nouns such as research, art, or name. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is about subject matter, not where a material comes from.
常見錯誤
2. made from plants or taken out of them
made from plants or taken out of them
Selim mixed a botanic oil from rosemary leaves and orange peel.
collocation: botanic oil
The label says the face cream uses only botanic ingredients.
pattern: botanic ingredients
At the lab, Beatriz tested a botanic extract from tea seeds.
The shop sells soap with a mild botanic scent from cedar bark.
- plant-based
common in product labels and everyday consumer language
- herbal
often narrower because it suggests herbs, medicine, or fragrance
- vegetal
more literary or technical, especially in food and scent writing
文法句型
botanic oil
botanic extract
botanic ingredients
用法筆記
Usually used with nouns such as oil, extract, scent, and ingredients. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense describes plant origin, not plant study.