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botanizes

botanizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about botanizes

What is botanizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Botanizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of botanize.

Words near botanizes in the dictionary

  1. botanists
  2. botanize
  3. botanized
  4. botanizer
  5. botanizers
  6. botanizes
  7. botanizing
  8. botanogenomics
  9. botanol
  10. botanologer
  11. botanology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: botanizes (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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