Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort.

   {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 ({X.
      hastilis}).