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evening botanist

evening botanist noun: a gay man.

Noun

evening botanist (plural evening botanists)

  1. (euphemistic) A gay man.
    • Or maybe it’s why “evening botanist” is one of the antiquated terms for queer men.[2020 January 29, Sarah Prager, “Four Flowering Plants That Have Been Decidedly Queered”, in JSTOR Daily, JSTOR, retrieved 16 Jul 2026
    • “Specimen collection?” The man held it away as Embry grabbed for it. “Is that why they call girls like you evening botanists?”2026 May 26, Anna-Marie McLemore, We Could Be Anyone, Feiwel & Friends, →ISBN

Synonyms of evening botanist

Forms of evening botanist

pluralevening botanists

Questions about evening botanist

What does evening botanist mean?
Evening botanist means a gay man.
What part of speech is evening botanist?
Evening botanist is a noun.
What is the plural of evening botanist?
The plural of evening botanist is evening botanists.

Words near evening botanist in the dictionary

  1. evenhood
  2. evenhoods
  3. evenin'
  4. evening
  5. evening bat
  6. evening botanist
  7. evening botanists
  8. evening cicada
  9. evening cicadae
  10. evening cicadas
  11. evening class

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