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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

Now a botanist and apothecary, Cadfael aids the local sheriff in solving all manner of crimes committed in and near Shrewsbury Abbey during England’s 15-year civil war known now as the Anarchy.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 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

The Shiraga grape was first identified as a new species in 1918 by renowned botanist Tomitaro Makino.

From Science Daily Nov. 3, 2025

He sent a copy to Joseph Hooker and later to another botanist, in America, Asa Gray.

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

The British botanists had been collecting indigenous plants and seeds, before their bodies were found days later in a river.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

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

They corresponded with botanists throughout the Colonies, sending them bulbs and shoots when illustrations would not do.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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