Description

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This is the most comprehensive paperback dictionary of botany available. With over 5,500 clear and concise entries and helpful cross-referencing throughout, it is invaluable to students, amateur botanists and naturalists, and everyone with an interest in plants and their environments. It will also provide a useful reference tool for students and others with interests in agriculture, horticulture, physical geography, and related fields.

About the Author

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Michael Allaby has written many books on environmental science and especially on climatology and meteorology. These include Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate; The Facts on File Weather and Climate Handbook; and the DK Guide to Weather. He is General Editor of the Oxford Dictionaries of Ecology, Zoology, and Plant Sciences.