botanist
Example Sentences
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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
A botanist precedes Oprah Winfrey, a philanthropist and a rabbi surround the founder of a Skid Row nonprofit, the reproductive rights activists of Moms Demand Action share space with a nude Lady Gaga.
From Los Angeles Times
Travelers join pro botanists and mycologists to document the local flora and fungi, while educating villagers on safe foraging practices.
The book came from the family library of Hubert Priestley who was a famous botanist in the 1930s and brother to the Antarctic explorer and geologist, Sir Raymond Edward Priestley.
From BBC
“This is the zoo lab. This would be the botanist’s room on the Beagle,” he said.
From Salon
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