botanist
pronunciation
How to pronounce botanist in British English:
UK [ˈbɒtənɪst]
How to pronounce botanist in American English:
US [ˈbɑːtənɪst]
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- Noun:
- a biologist specializing in the study of plants
Word Origin
- botanist (n.)
- 1680s; see botany + -ist.
Example
- 1. Forty-five years on , the french botanist 's gardens have grown massive in scale .
- 2. The 17-member team includes new york-based narchitects , lighting artist leo villareal , and french botanist patrick blanc , known primarily for his vertical gardens .
- 3. Orchids came to britain in 1818 when botanist william swainson sent home a box from brazil , using the plants simply as packing material .
- 4. He took good care not to become useless ; having books did not prevent his reading , being a botanist did not prevent his being a gardener .
- 5. These hierarchies are similar in structure to many more familiar classification structures such as the organization of the biological world originally developed by the swedish botanist carl linnaeus in the 18th century .