botanist
/ˈbɒt.ən.ɪst/
botanist noun: a person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.
Noun
botanist (plural botanists)
- A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.
- It is probably the Livistona rotundifolia of botanists, and is the most complete and beautiful fan-leaf I have ever seen, serving admirably for folding into water-buckets and impromptu baskets, as well as for thatching and other purposes.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 422
- A German botanist gave 'Gandoge' as the locality of an American plant; a package sent by express to 'Sevaber' (an English name), and a letter posted to the town of 'Scur E Quss, Nu Yourck,' arrived safely; and I have seen a handboard directing the traveller to the English-named town of 'Bintgrof'.2020, S.S Haldeman, Pennsylvania Dutch, page 9
- Synonyms:
- botanologer, botanologist, phytobiologist, phytologist, plant scientist
botanist meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Nepali
botanist in Tamil
- தாவரவியலர், பயிரியலாளர்
botanist in Malayalam
- സസ്യതന്ത്രജ്ഞൻ
botanist in Kannada
- ಸಸ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಜ್ಞ
botanist in Nepali
- botanist
- बोटानिष्ट boṭāniṣṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- botanist in Vietnamese
- nhà thực vật học
Synonyms of botanist
- botanologer
- botanologist
- phytobiologist
- phytologist
- plant scientist
Forms of botanist
| plural | botanists |
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Origin of botanist
From botany + -ist.
Words formed from botanist
Questions about botanist
- What does botanist mean?
- Botanist means a person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.
- What is botanist in Tamil?
- Botanist in Tamil is தாவரவியலர், பயிரியலாளர். See Botanist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is botanist?
- Botanist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce botanist?
- Botanist is pronounced /ˈbɒt.ən.ɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of botanist?
- The plural of botanist is botanists.
Words near botanist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: botanist (page history and authors); botanist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); botanist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); botanist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बोटानिष्ट (Nepali) (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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