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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

botany

noun

Definition

the study of plants

In a sentence

She decided to major in botany.

Similar words

  • plant science

Why this word matters: botany appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.