nature study

1. 1.

   the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level)

   Broaderinquiry

Questions about nature study

What does nature study mean?

nature study means "the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level)".

Is nature study a common word?

nature study is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.