what is a botanic garden
botanical garden. 1. a garden for the exhibition and scientific study of collected, growing plants, usually in association with greenhouses, herbariums, laboratories, etc. Also called botanic garden. The monument was raised, and a hall built in the botanical garden, under splendid trees.
The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals, a term deriving from the Greek zÅon (Î¶á¿·Î¿Î½, 'animal') and lÃ³gos (Î»Ã³Î³Î¿Ï, âstudyâ). The abbreviation 'zoo' was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which was opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1857.