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botanists

botanists is the plural of botanist.

Meaning of botanist

Noun

botanist (plural botanists)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    botanologer, botanologist, phytobiologist, phytologist, plant scientist

Phrases with botanists

Questions about botanists

What is botanists the plural of?
Botanists is the plural of botanist.

Words near botanists in the dictionary

  1. botanises
  2. botanising
  3. botanism
  4. botanist
  5. botanistic
  6. botanists
  7. botanize
  8. botanized
  9. botanizer
  10. botanizers
  11. botanizes

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