植

zhí - to plant

I chose this word today, because I went to met Steve in Plant Sciences, and the word for Botany (which is the same thing), in Chinese is 植物学 (植物 means plant or vegetation). I like the word 植 as it's is clear from the radical that it is to do with plants/trees and from the other part, that it is pronounced zhi.

学习植物学使我对大自然了解了许多。
In learning botany, I understand much about nature.