1570s, in heraldry, from Old French botoné (Modern French boutonné) "covered with buds," past participle of boutonner "to bud," from bouton "bud, button," 12c., from Frankish or some other Germanic source.
雙語例句
1. Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.
1982年以前他一直是達(dá)勒姆大學(xué)生物系的高級講師。
來自柯林斯例句
2. To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the prince of botany.
對于19世紀(jì)的同行來說，羅伯特·布朗是植物學(xué)巨匠。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The coverage of the subject in his botany text is inadequate.