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Horticultural vs Botanical - What's the difference?

horticultural | botanical |

As adjectives the difference between horticultural and botanical

is that horticultural is of or pertaining to horticulture, connected with gardening while botanical is of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition.

As a noun botanical is

something derived from a , especially herbal, source.

horticultural

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to horticulture, connected with gardening.

    • See also

    * horticulturist * horticulturally * horticulture

    botanical

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition.

    • Derived terms

    * botanically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something derived from a , especially herbal, source
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 2, author=Eric Asimov, title=No, Really, It Was Tough: 4 People, 80 Martinis, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But where vodka stays neutral, gin is infused with botanicals — a witch’s pantry of roots, berries, herbs, dried fruits and spices — dominated by the piney, breezy aroma of juniper berries. }}

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