botanize

[ bot-n-ahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.

1. to study plants or plant life.
2. to collect plants for scientific study.

verb (used with object)

, bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.

1. to explore botanically; study the plant life of.

botanize

/ ˈbɒtəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. intr to collect or study plants
2. tr to explore and study the plants in (an area or region)

Other Words From

• bota·nizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of botanize¹

1760–70; < New Latin botanizāre < Greek botanízein to gather plants. See botanist, -ize

Example Sentences

For with me to botanize is one of the dearest of pursuits, amounting to a veritable passion.

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Flowers knew how to preach divinity before men knew how to dissect and botanize them.

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How glad dear papa would have been to come and stay with us, and botanize and geologize amongst your rocks there!

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I never dig up my dead and I never botanize on the graves of the past.

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Of course no woman stops to botanize when the object is to get there.

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