Botany vs Botanic - What's the difference?

As a noun botany

is (uncountable) the scientific study of plants, a branch of biology typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.

of or pertaining to botany.

(wikipedia botany)

(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.

The plant life, or the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.

(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

* botanically * botanist * botanize * Botany Bay

* botanick (obsolete)

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Of or pertaining to botany.

* botanic garden