bush, jungle, prairie; heath, heather; fern, bracken; furze, gorse,
whin; grass, turf; pasture, pasturage; turbary[obs3]; sedge, rush, weed; fungus, mushroom, toadstool; lichen, moss, conferva[obs3], mold; growth; alfalfa, alfilaria[obs3], banyan; blow, blowth[obs3]; floret[obs3], petiole; pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia.
foliage, branch, bough, ramage[obs3], stem, tigella[obs3]; spray &c.
51; leaf.
flower, blossom, bine[obs3]; flowering plant; timber tree, fruit tree;
pulse, legume.
Adj. vegetable, vegetal, vegetive[obs3], vegitous|; herbaceous,
herbal; botanic[obs3]; sylvan, silvan[obs3]; arborary[obs3], arboreous[obs3], arborescent[obs3], arborical|; woody, grassy; verdant, verdurous; floral, mossy; lignous[obs3], ligneous; wooden, leguminous; vosky[obs3], cespitose[obs3], turf-like, turfy; endogenous, exogenous.
Phr. “green-robed senators of mighty woods” [Keats]; “this is the
forest primeval” [Longfellow].
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#368. [The science of
animals.] Zoology. — N. zoology, zoonomy[obs3],
zoography[obs3], zootomy[obs3]; anatomy; comparative
anatomy; animal physiology, comparative physiology;
morphology; mammalogy.
anthropology, ornithology,
ichthyology, herpetology, ophiology[obs3],
malacology[obs3], helminthology[Med], entomology,
oryctology[obs3], paleontology, mastology[obs3], vermeology[obs3];
ichthy &c. ichthyotomy[obs3]; taxidermy.
zoologist &c.
Adj. zoological &c.
n.
#369. [The science of
plants.] Botany. — N. botany; physiological
botany, structural botany, systematic botany; phytography[obs3],
phytology[obs3], phytotomy[obs3]; vegetable physiology,
herborization[obs3], dendrology, mycology, fungology[obs3],
algology[obs3]; flora, romona; botanic garden &c.
(garden) 371[obs3]; hortus siccus[Lat], herbarium,
herbal.
botanist &c.; herbist[obs3],
herbarist[obs3], herbalist,
herborist[obs3], herbarian[obs3].
V. botanize, herborize[obs3].
Adj. botanical &c. n.;
botanic[obs3].
#370. [The economy or
management of animals.] Husbandry. — N.
husbandry, taming &c. v.; circuration[obs3], zoohygiantics[obs3];
domestication, domesticity; manege[Fr], veterinary
art; farriery[obs3]; breeding, pisciculture.
menagerie, vivarium,
zoological garden; bear pit; aviary, apiary,
alveary[obs3], beehive; hive; aquarium, fishery; duck
pond, fish pond.
phthisozoics &c.
(killing) 361[obs3][Destruction of animals];
euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction.
neatherd[obs3], cowherd,
shepherd; grazier, drover, cowkeeper[obs3];
trainer, breeder; apiarian[obs3], apiarist; bull whacker
[U.S.], cowboy, cow puncher [U.S.], farrier; horse
leech, horse doctor; vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary
surgeon.
cage &c. (prison) 752;
hencoop[obs3], bird cage, cauf[obs3]; range,
sheepfold, &c. (inclosure) 232.
V. tame, domesticate,
acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train; cage,
bridle, &c. (restrain) 751.
Adj. pastoral, bucolic;
tame, domestic.


