Bot`a*nol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Botany + -logy: cf. F. botanologie.] The science of botany. [Obs.] Bailey.
Bot"a*no*man`cy (&?;), n. [Botany + -mancy: cf. F. botanomantie.] An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.
Bot"a*ny (&?;), n.; pl. Botanies (&?;). [F. botanique, a. & n., fr. Gr. &?; botanic, fr. &?; herb, plant, fr. &?; to feed, graze.] 1. The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.