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WORD OF THE DAY Mon, May 10, 2021 OED Word of the Day: astrobotany, n. The branch of botany concerned with the discovery or study of plant life on other planets or in space.

"A department of astrobotany was founded by the Kazakh Academy of Sciences and its director, Gavril Tikhov, publicized the possibilities of life on Mars and Venus." - 2007, B. Harvey Soviet & Russ. Lunar Explor. i. 12

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