name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɒt.ni/
Received-Pronunciation:/-nɪ/
Atlantic-Canada, General-American:/ˈbɑ.tə.ni/
Atlantic-Canada, General-American:[ˈbɑ.ɾə.ni]
Atlantic-Canada, General-American:/ˈbɑt.ni/
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Canada, dialectal:/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/of the US
Canada, dialectal:/ˈbɒt.ni/of the US
Canada, dialectal:/-nɪ/of the US
rhymes with -ɒtəni
CMU ARPABET:B AA1 T AH0 N IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A suburb of Sydney in the Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 2
A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 3
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the botany of Greenland
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noun
Meaning 4
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 6
the branch of biology that studies plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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