botanical garden
noun
Simple meaning
A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
bəˈtænɪkəlˈɡɑɹdən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.
A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental plants from around the world.
Used this way, botanical garden is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in science contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Science
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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