The Greek noun botanē (βοτάνη) refers to herbs, plants, or grass — specifically vegetation that is grazed by cattle or used for food. It is the root of the English word "botany." In the New Testament, it appears only in Hebrews 6:7, where it describes the herbs produced by land that drinks rain — used as a metaphor for the fruit produced by those who receive God's blessing and teaching.
Hebrews 6:7 uses agricultural imagery drawn from the Genesis creation mandate to illustrate two responses to God's grace: land that produces useful botanē receives blessing from God; land that produces thorns and briers is in danger of being cursed. This is not teaching loss of salvation but rather the seriousness of spiritual fruitfulness versus spiritual stagnation. The passage echoes the Parable of the Soils (Matthew 13) and the Vine and Branches (John 15). Christians are called to bear the fruit of the Spirit — to be land that produces botanē of righteousness for God's glory.