descriptive botany

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• descriptive botany — noun : a branch of botany dealing with the systematic description or diagnostic characters of plants …   Useful english dictionary

• Botany 2000 — is the name for a scientific program, organized under the auspices of UNESCO. While a similar UNESCO program, ASOMPS, focus on promotion of collaboration and co operation between scientists in Asia, Botany 2000 is composed of activities in Asia… …   Wikipedia

• descriptive — de•scrip•tive [[t]dɪˈskrɪp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) serving to describe; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay[/ex] 2) gram. a) (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh… …   From formal English to slang

• descriptive — descriptively, adv. descriptiveness, n. /di skrip tiv/, adj. 1. having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay. 2. a. Gram. (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it …   Universalium

• Descriptive botanical names — are names that are governed by Article 16 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), which rules that a name above the rank of family may be either descriptive or formed from the name of an included family. The latter leads to… …   Wikipedia

• botany — /bot n ee/, n., pl. botanies. 1. the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life. 2. the plant life of a region: the botany of Alaska. 3. the biology of a plant or plant group: the botany of deciduous trees. 4. (sometimes… …   Universalium

• Descriptive science — The term descriptive science is used to identify a category of science and distinguish it from other categories of science. The exact demarcation line can vary a bit depending on the purpose of making the distinction, but essentially it refers to …   Wikipedia

• Principes (botany) — In plant taxonomy, Principes is a botanical name, meaning the first . It was used in the Engler system for an order in the Monocotyledones and later in the Kubitzki system. This order included one family only, the Palmae (alternate name Arecaceae …   Wikipedia

• John Lindley — (February 8, 1799 November 1, 1865) was an English botanist.Lindley was born at Catton, near Norwich, where his father, George Lindley, author of A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden , owned a nursery garden. He was educated at what was then …   Wikipedia

• John Lindley — Nacimiento 1799 Catton Fallecimiento 1865 Turnham Green Nacionalidad …   Wikipedia Español

• de|scrip´tive|ness — de|scrip|tive «dih SKRIHP tihv», adjective. 1. describing; using description: »A descriptive booklet tells about the places to be seen on the trip. Write a descriptive paragraph about a flower garden. 2. Grammar. a) serving to describe. “Big” in… …   Useful english dictionary