BOTANY, N. The Science Of Vegetables -- Those That Are Not Good To Eat, As Well As Those That Are.

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BOTANY, n. The science of vegetables -- those that are not good to
eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their flowers,
which are commonly badly designed, inartistic in color, and ill-
smelling.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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