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botanist

[bot-n-ist] / ˈbɒt n ɪst /


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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

The poinsettias we buy today are significantly different from the tall, gangly plants botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett discovered in Mexico in 1825, after he became that country’s first U.S. ambassador.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

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

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

I'm a botanist and mechanical engineer; basically, the mission's fix-it man who played with plants.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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