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Introduction to Botany

Introduction to Botany

Introduction to Botany

Botany is the scientific study of plants and plant-like organisms. It helps us understand why plants are so vitally important to the world. There were two main ideas author attempted to embed here are : one was to put as much plant-related information as possible into an evolutionary context, and the other was to explain complicated problems with simple words and metaphors.

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