BOTANICAL MEDICINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does botanical medicine mean? 

• BOTANICAL MEDICINE (noun)
  The noun BOTANICAL MEDICINE has 1 sense:

1. the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)

  Familiarity information: BOTANICAL MEDICINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTANICAL MEDICINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

botanical medicine; herbal therapy; phytotherapy

Hypernyms ("botanical medicine" is a kind of...):

therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

Domain category:

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)