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Plants doing chemistry so advanced we call our copies of it medicine.
means Relating to plants or their study, or a substance derived from a plant — often used of ingredients in drinks, cosmetics, or remedies.
from From Greek 'botanikos,' meaning 'of herbs,' which grew from 'botane' — pasture, grass, fodder, the green stuff grazing animals ate. That word in turn traces back to 'boskein,' to feed or graze. So at its root, 'botanical' is less about laboratories and more about a cow nosing through a meadow; the science came later, the eating came first.
- weaponized
- Caffeine evolved to paralyze and kill insects
- oldest medicine
- Willow bark gave humanity aspirin millennia ago
- gin's soul
- Juniper berries make gin legally gin
- silent talkers
- Plants release chemical alarms warning neighbors of attack
- deadly garden
- Some botanicals can stop a heart in minutes
kew gardens — royal botanic gardens in london established 1759, contains over 50,000 plant species
royal botanic garden edinburgh — scottish institution founded 1670, holds 13,500+ living plant species
missouri botanical garden — st. louis garden established 1859, manages 6,600 documented plant species
new york botanical garden — bronx institution founded 1891, preserves 1 million specimens across 250 acres