Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants:
botanical survey; botanical drugs.
noun
2.
Pharmacology. a drug made from part of a plant, as from roots, leaves, bark, or berries.
Origin
1650-60;botanic (< Medieval Latinbotanicus < Greekbotanikós of plants, equivalent to botán(ē) herb + -ikos-ic) + -al1
Related forms
botanically, adverb
nonbotanic, adjective
nonbotanical, adjective
nonbotanically, adverb
unbotanical, adjective
Examples from the web for botanical
botanical pesticides are derived from plants that are known to provide effective insecticidal elements.
Popular account of a five-year journey of geological, botanical, biological and paleontological observation.
He then imposed the bogus botanical theories of favoured scientists on farmers who knew better, but had no choice but to comply.
No one, however, could deny their botanical accuracy.
Your example of botanical greenhouses really isn't relevant.
Tourists feel comfortable here and walk through its paths as though it were a botanical garden.
botanical insecticides incorporate plant materials and can serve as repellants or paralytics.
Makers of cosmetics also mix this natural substance with other botanical ingredients.
Rows of leather-bound botanical treatises, quite untouched, line pomegranate-colored walls.
Trees release water, and during hot times, that botanical sweat cools them down.
British Dictionary definitions for botanical
botanical
/ˌbəˈtænɪkəl/
adjective
1.
of or relating to botany or plants
noun
2.
any drug or pesticide that is made from parts of a plant
Derived Forms
botanically, adverb
Word Origin
C17: from Medieval Latin botanicus, from Greek botanikos relating to plants, from botanē plant, pasture, from boskein to feed; perhaps related to Latin bōs ox, cow