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botanist

[bot-n-ist] / ˈbɒt n ɪst /


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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

Baimedov, who has become an amateur botanist, tends to about 15,000 saplings, which are aimed at forming a green wall against the sand.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Its Japanese name honors Jukichi Shiraga, a botanist from Niimi City who discovered the plant.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

At the grocery store, I linger in the produce section with the reverence of a botanist on sabbatical, basket brimming with romaine, iceberg, butter — anything leafy and remotely flirty.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Here’s a fun fact: Mom is a botanist.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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