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Definition of Botanize
1. Verb. Collect and study plants.
Generic synonyms: Analyse, Analyze, Break Down, Dissect, Take Apart
Derivative terms: Botany, Botany
Definition of Botanize
1. v. i. To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.
2. v. t. To explore for botanical purposes.
Definition of Botanize
1. Verb. To do the work of a botanist; as to inventory the plant life in an area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Botanize
1. to study plants [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]
Medical Definition of Botanize
1. To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants. Origin: Cf. F. Botaniser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Botanize
Literary usage of Botanize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of an Embassy from the Governor General of India to the Court of Ava by John Crawfurd, William Buckland, ----- Clift (1834)
"Leave given to botanize in the neighbouring Mountains.—King incensed at his
Courtiers, on hearing the result of the Negotiation.—Another Conference. Nov. ..."
2. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1849)
"... will botanize in the adjacent mountains. His residence will be at the Mormon
city, and he will proceed thither by the route of Santa Fé in North Mexico. ..."
3. Recent Exemplifications of False Philology by Fitzedward Hall (1872)
"Compare botanize and botanist. That botanist preceded botanize does not affect
my argument. Now that we have botanize, botanist is, to us, ..."
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