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the branch of biology that studies plants; or all the plant life in a particular region or period
- Why don't some of you take up botany?3 — The Lighthouse (87% in)
- They had rooms in the village, and so, walking in, walking out, parting late on door-mats, had said little things about the soup, about the children, about one thing and another which made them allies; so that when he stood beside her now in his judicial way (he was old enough to be her father too, a botanist, a widower, smelling of soap, very scrupulous and clean) she just stood there.1 — The Window (12% in)
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