botanize

[ bot-n-ahyz ]

/ ˈbɒt nˌaɪz /

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verb (used without object), bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.

to study plants or plant life.

to collect plants for scientific study.

verb (used with object), bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.

to explore botanically; study the plant life of.

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Also especially British, bot·a·nise .

Origin of botanize

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

OTHER WORDS FROM botanize

bot·a·niz·er, noun

Words nearby botanize

botanica, botanical, botanical garden, botanic garden, botanist, botanize, botanophobia, botany, Botany Bay, Botany wool, botargo

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 Cobb
Flowers knew how to preach divinity before men knew how to dissect and botanize them.
Many Thoughts of Many Minds|Various
How glad dear papa would have been to come and stay with us, and botanize and geologize amongst your rocks there!
Wenderholme|Philip Gilbert Hamerton
I never dig up my dead and I never botanize on the graves of the past.
The Kingdom Round the Corner|Coningsby Dawson

Of 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

botanize

botanise

/ (ˈbɒtəˌnaɪz) /

verb

(intr) to collect or study plants

(tr) to explore and study the plants in (an area or region)

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