Herbalism vs. Botany

Herbalismnoun

The use or study of medicinal herbs

Botanynoun

(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.

Herbalismnoun

(obsolete) Botany, the study of plants in general

Botanynoun

The plant life of a geographical area.

‘the botany of Greenland’;

Herbalismnoun

The knowledge of herbs.

Botanynoun

The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.

Botanynoun

(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

Botanynoun

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.

Botanynoun

A book which treats of the science of botany.

Botanynoun

the branch of biology that studies plants

Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field.