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botanical garden

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arboretum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: facility, installation

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَدِيقَة نَبَاتِيَّة (ḥadīqa nabātiyya) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Armenian: բուսաբանական այգի (busabanakan aygi) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Burmese: ရုက္ခဗေဒဥယျာဉ် (rukhka.beda.u.yyany) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Catalan: jardí botànic — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植物園 /植物园 (zhíwùyuán) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Czech: botanická zahrada — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Dutch: botanische tuin — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Esperanto: botanika ĝardeno — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Finnish: kasvitieteellinen puutarha — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • French: jardin botanique — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Galician: xardín botánico — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • German: botanischer Garten — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Greek: βοτανικός κήπος (votanikós kípos) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Hebrew: גן בוטני (gan botáni) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Hindi: वानस्पतिक उद्यान (vānaspatik udyān) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Hungarian: botanikus kert — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Hungarian: füvészkert — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Irish: gairdín lusanna — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Italian: orto botanico — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Italian: giardino botanico — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Japanese: 植物園 (shokubutsuen) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Kazakh: ботаникалық бақ (botanikalyq baq) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Kazakh: ботаника бағы (botanika bağy) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Kazakh: өсімдіктер бағы (ösımdıkter bağy) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Korean: 식물원 (singmurwon) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Malay: taman botani — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Persian: باغ گیاهشناسی — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Polish: ogród botaniczny — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Portuguese: jardim botânico — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Romanian: grădină botanică — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Russian: ботани́ческий сад (botaníčeskij sad) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Slovak: botanická záhrada — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Spanish: jardín botánico — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Swedish: botanisk trädgård — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Thai: สวนพฤกษศาสตร์ (sǔuan-prʉ́k-sà-sàat) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Turkish: botanik bahçesi — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Ukrainian: ботані́чний сад (botaníčnyj sad) — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Vietnamese: vườn bách thảo — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Volapük: planavagad — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons
  • Welsh: gardd fotaneg — a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons