botanical garden

noun

variants or less commonly botanic garden
: a garden often with greenhouses for the culture, study, and exhibition of special plants

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The Desert Botanical Garden employs and collaborates with scientists, researchers and conservationists across the world to maintain the Sonoran Desert's unique landscape. Also benefiting from the Arizona Lottery's donation is the botanical garden's Desert Refuge community science initiative. Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024 This is a 42-acre country club right in London, complete with a botanical garden, croquet and tennis lawns, and a Georgian-style clubhouse. Stefanie Waldek, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024 This local gem is more zoo than museum, with a healthy dose of botanical garden. Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024 Cerrone described the space as unique and says none of the other clubs will have a combination of so many hotel rooms (there will be at least 50) a gym, an outdoor pool located in a botanical garden, and a roof terrace spanning almost 11,000 square feet, with a distant view of the Duomo. Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for botanical garden 

Word History

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of botanical garden was in 1673

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“Botanical garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botanical%20garden. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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