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
Example Sentences
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She liked to botanize, collecting specimens of plants along the route.
From National Geographic • Jul. 2, 2017
Here I would botanize or geologize at my will.
From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules
When Henry found that Forester was not in his room in the morning, he concluded that he had rambled out towards Salisbury Craigs, whither he talked the preceding day of going to botanize.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 01 by Edgeworth, Maria
Just how a chemical analysis could so botanize, I don't know—but it was Chemical Analysis who spoke, and spoke dogmatically.
From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles
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
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