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botanise

botanise is the alternative spelling of botanize.

Meaning of botanize

Verb

botanize (third-person singular simple present botanizes, present participle botanizing, simple past and past participle botanized)

  1. To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes.
    • Dr Solander and Myself were botanizing1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 January 22. http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#banks

Forms of botanise

third-person singular presentbotanises
present participlebotanising
past participlebotanised
pastbotanised

Questions about botanise

What is botanise the alternative spelling of?
Botanise is the alternative spelling of botanize.

Words near botanise in the dictionary

  1. botanicas
  2. botanick
  3. botanicks
  4. botanics
  5. botanies
  6. botanise
  7. botanised
  8. botaniser
  9. botanisers
  10. botanises
  11. botanising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: botanise (page history and authors); botanize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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