botanist

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A year ago, European botanists traveling to Borneo, the third largest island in the world, “discovered” a species of palm that flowers underground, an extremely rare quirk.

From New York Times

As a group of European botanists prepared to travel across Borneo by motorboat and four-wheel-drive vehicles, they heard about a species of palm with an extremely rare quirk.

From New York Times

“Because Poinsett belonged to learned societies, contributed to botanists’ collections, and purchased art from Europe, he could more readily justify the expulsion of Natives from their homes,” she writes.

From Seattle Times

I thought they might technically be cat’s ear but managed to tamp down my impulse to suddenly change this into a story about experiencing L.A. like a picky botanist.

From Los Angeles Times

Kelsay Shaw, who works as a botanist and sales consultant at the nursery, emphasized the importance of making their plants available in “as much color and as much variety as possible.”

From Seattle Times