botanize
Americanverb (used without object)
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to study plants or plant life.
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to collect plants for scientific study.
verb (used with object)
verb
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(intr) to collect or study plants
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(tr) to explore and study the plants in (an area or region)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of botanize
1760–70; < New Latin botanizāre < Greek botanízein to gather plants. See botanist, -ize
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She liked to botanize, collecting specimens of plants along the route.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 2, 2017
The grandees of the party followed the Bolivians, whose specialty entitled them to control practically the direction of the route, and plunged into the woods to botanize, to explore and to search for game.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various
Lowell's attitude toward science is that of Wordsworth, when he speaks of the dry-souled scientist as one who is all eyes and no heart, "One that would peep and botanize Upon his mother's grave."
From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. by James Russell Lowell
I botanize, and read some, but cook "heaps" more.
From History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra by C. F. (Charles Fayette) McGlashan
And De Sauty shall spare them, though he botanize on his mother's grave.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 by Various
I have never fished nor botanized here, but I have been a-birding many times.
From Roof and Meadow by Dallas Lore Sharp
It being high noon, we stopped and landed at this bit of fairy land, ate our dinner, and botanized.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Many a man has botanized across the continent, and yet not know the "Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley."
From New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
She dressed the house with them, getting help from the garden when necessary; botanized a good deal; and began to grow as knowing in plants almost as Mrs. Caxton herself.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner
His father was named Doctor Zoppo, came from Pavia, botanized himself from Italy to Germany, and let the little ones tear yellow flowers along the way.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
Gardeners will savor stories of 19th century botanizing and appreciate Hosack’s quest to save a garden, the most ephemeral of treasures, for posterity.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2018
Ray encouraged Willughby’s interests in mathematics and took him botanizing.
From Nature ● May 1, 2018
Solander, who had acquired his experience in botanizing among the Swedish mountains, warned the party of their danger.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
I said he was botanizing; Mrs. Paget said the basket was too big for that: he must be looking for kail, or dock, or dandelion greens for dinner.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
My mother tells in her diary how in that summer of the birthday meeting, the two men roamed the country together, poetizing, botanizing, geologizing.
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
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