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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Botany Bay \Bot"a*ny Bay"\
A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English
convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new
plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770.
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Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort.
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{Botany Bay kino} (Med.), an astringent, reddish substance
consisting of the inspissated juice of several Australian
species of {Eucalyptus}.
{Botany Bay resin} (Med.), a resin of reddish yellow color,
resembling gamboge, the product of different Australian
species of {Xanthorrh[ae]a}, esp. the grass tree
({Xanthorrh[ae]a hastilis}).
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