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botanist

[bot-n-ist] / ˈbɒt n ɪst /


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He was in need of a botanist and approached Reinhold.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

"He's taken us all to places that we would never otherwise go. That's a huge gift," botanist Sandra Knapp, director of research at London's Natural History Museum, told AFP.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

Kobe University botanist Kenji Suetsugu explains, "These interactions are fascinating because they sit on the boundary between cooperation and conflict."

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2026

The director of conservation at the California Botanic Garden, botanist Naomi Fraga, said a superbloom is typically classified as a regional phenomenon where you see fields of wildflowers stretching across hundreds of thousands of acres.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

Though maybe he shouldn’t have—his classmate went on to become a well-known lichenologist and botanist, and he said that Charles had roused his attention and curiosity.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

This created a “competition for botanical immortality,” as dubiously qualified botanists described and named plants for personal glory.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

In 2013, von Konrat led a team of botanists and volunteers to survey the region, cataloging grasses, trees, and mosses in search of a location that matched the plant material found on the shoes.

From Science Daily Jan. 1, 2026

Calling squash a fruit wears me out a little, but, okay botanists, with your genus-species-variety nomenclature, I concede: by definition, squash is indeed a fruit.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2025

Some botanists believe poodle-dog is becoming more prevalent in a world where climate change is fueling more frequent fires.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2025

Although a slightly smaller plant, wild sweet pea looks so much like wild potato that even expert botanists sometimes have trouble telling the species apart.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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