botanize
to study plants or plant life.
to collect plants for scientific study.
to explore botanically; study the plant life of.
Origin of botanize
1- Also especially British, bot·a·nise .
Other words from botanize
- bot·a·niz·er, noun
Words Nearby botanize
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How to use botanize in a sentence
For with me to botanize is one of the dearest of pursuits, amounting to a veritable passion.
Fibble, D. D. | Irvin Shrewsbury CobbFlowers knew how to preach divinity before men knew how to dissect and botanize them.
Many Thoughts of Many Minds | VariousHow glad dear papa would have been to come and stay with us, and botanize and geologize amongst your rocks there!
Wenderholme | Philip Gilbert HamertonI never dig up my dead and I never botanize on the graves of the past.
The Kingdom Round the Corner | Coningsby DawsonOf course no woman stops to botanize when the object is to get there.
The Joys of Being a Woman | Winifred Kirkland
British Dictionary definitions for botanize
botanise
/ (ˈbɒtəˌnaɪz) /
(intr) to collect or study plants
(tr) to explore and study the plants in (an area or region)
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