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botanize
[ bot-n-ahyz ]
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.
botanize
/ ˈbɒtəˌnaɪz /
verb
- intr to collect or study plants
- tr to explore and study the plants in (an area or region)
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- bota·nizer noun
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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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