botanize
verb (used without object)
to study plants or plant life.
botanise
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a variation of
botanize.
Example Sentences
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Men who fish, botanise, work with the turning-lathe, or gather sea-weeds, will make admirable husbands and a little amateur painting in water-colour shows the innocent and quiet mind.
From Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
One writer is content to botanise with him--to study plant-lore, that is, with a theatrical manager, in his hard-earned leisure, for teacher.
From Milton by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
The other members of the company at the house, meanwhile, had scattered in various directions to fish, shoot, paint or botanise, according to fancy.
From The Eagle Cliff by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
All these things were carried by Harry and Frank, while Cudjo and I took the younger ones in our arms, and Mary was left free to botanise as we passed along.
From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
“Yes, that’s what we’re goin’ to do,” said Junkie; “we’ve had lunch at the foot of Eagle Glen, and noo we are going up to Glen Orrack to dine, and fish, an’ paint, an’ botanise.
From The Eagle Cliff by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
