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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Our only cost was our annual family membership fees to our local science center and botanical garden in South Florida. Linnea Bailey, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025 The botanical garden has also set up a livestream so that everyone has a chance to catch the momentous bloom. Scott Neuman, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025 It was voted the best botanical garden holiday light display in the nation by USA Today last year. Karri Peifer, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024 Art museums, aquariums, and botanical gardens are favorite features here, as is the town's lively dining and social scene. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for botanical garden 

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First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

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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 31 Jan. 2025.

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