bot.

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

bot.,  an abbreviation of:

1. Botany botanical.
2. Botany botanist.

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bot. abbreviation

1. botanical
2. botany

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

bot¹  (bot), n. 

1. Insects the larva of a botfly.

Also, bott. 

• 1425–75; late Middle English; akin to Dutch bot, Frisian dialect, dialectal botten (plural); further origin, originally obscure

bot²  (bot), n. [Australian Slang.]

1. British Terms a person who cadges;
   scrounger.

• perh. shortening of botfly 1915–20

bot., 

1. Botany botanical.
2. botanist.
3. botany.
4. bottle.

B.O.T., 

1. Board of Trade.

bot³¹  (bot), n. 

1. a device or piece of software that can execute commands or perform routine tasks, as electronic searches, usually without user intervention (often used in combination):
   intelligent infobots; shopping bots.

• shortening of robot 1985–90