botanize

[ bot-n-ahyz ]

verb (used without object),bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.
  1. to study plants or plant life.

  2. to collect plants for scientific study.

verb (used with object),bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.
  1. to explore botanically; study the plant life of.

Origin of botanize

1
1760–70; <New Latin botanizāre<Greek botanízein to gather plants. See botanist, -ize
  • Also especially British, bot·a·nise .

Other words from botanize

  • bot·a·niz·er, noun

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How to use botanize in a sentence

  • Still, when I know that you are botanising; or rather, I mean when a gentleman is near—but I also can never express myself.

    Cripps, the Carrier | R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
  • We went along quite slowly all the way, botanising and admiring the scenery.

    Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
  • After spending two or three hours botanising in the caada, I returned to the house.

    The Purple Land | W. H. Hudson
  • He told me where to go botanising this afternoon,' explained Vava.

    A City Schoolgirl | May Baldwin
  • Thus conducted, this subterranean botanising was extremely fruitful.

British Dictionary definitions for botanize

botanize

botanise

/ (ˈbɒtəˌnaɪz) /


verb
  1. (intr) to collect or study plants

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

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