"cryptobotany" meaning in English

See cryptobotany in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: crypto- + botany Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|crypto|botany}} crypto- + botany Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cryptobotany (uncountable)
  1. (rare) The study of plants whose existence has not been proven. Tags: rare, uncountable Related terms: cryptozoology
    Sense id: en-cryptobotany-en-noun-oIZ-jS6L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with crypto-

Download JSON data for cryptobotany meaning in English (1.2kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "crypto",
        "3": "botany"
      },
      "expansion": "crypto- + botany",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "crypto- + botany",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cryptobotany (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with crypto-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Matthew A. Bille, Shadows of existence: discoveries and speculations in zoology",
          "text": "Botany, even cryptobotany, may seem to lie outside the subject matter of this book, but two recent events from Australia have encouraging implications for cryptozoologists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The study of plants whose existence has not been proven."
      ],
      "id": "en-cryptobotany-en-noun-oIZ-jS6L",
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) The study of plants whose existence has not been proven."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cryptozoology"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cryptobotany"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "crypto",
        "3": "botany"
      },
      "expansion": "crypto- + botany",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "crypto- + botany",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cryptobotany (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cryptozoology"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with crypto-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Matthew A. Bille, Shadows of existence: discoveries and speculations in zoology",
          "text": "Botany, even cryptobotany, may seem to lie outside the subject matter of this book, but two recent events from Australia have encouraging implications for cryptozoologists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The study of plants whose existence has not been proven."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) The study of plants whose existence has not been proven."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cryptobotany"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.