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botanize
[bot-n-ahyz]
verb (used without object)
to study plants or plant life.
to collect plants for scientific study.
verb (used with object)
to explore botanically; study the plant life of.
botanize
/ ˈɒəˌԲɪ /
verb
(intr) to collect or study plants
(tr) to explore and study the plants in (an area or region)
Other Word Forms
- botanizer noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Armed with magnifying glasses, the group travels along a busy route whose traffic doesn’t deter them from botanizing.
Gardeners will savor stories of 19th century botanizing and appreciate Hosack’s quest to save a garden, the most ephemeral of treasures, for posterity.
“After two months using Fort Smith as the base for his botanizing and exploring, Nuttall left the garrison on July 6,” Patterson writes.
She liked to botanize, collecting specimens of plants along the route.
In this country, Linnaeus was enraptured, botanizing among the unique high elevation tundra flowers.
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