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Definition of Tradescant
1. Noun. English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tradescant
Literary usage of Tradescant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"tradescant himself had a lease of pro- tradescant, JOHN (rf. 1637?), traveller,
naturalist, and gardener, is said by Anthony u Wood to have been a Fleming ..."
2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... some Particulars about John tradescant. Lond. 1773, 4to. A Repertory of the
Endowments of Vicarages in the Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester. Lond. ..."
3. Annual Register (1803)
"Some Account of the celebrated Sir John tradescant. Extracted from VOL. ...
JOHN tradescant was, according to Anthony Wood, a Fleming or a Dutchman. ..."
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