botanize

verb

bot·a·nize ˈbä-tə-ˌnīz

botanized; botanizing

: to collect plants for botanical investigation : to study plants in their natural habitat

She was preparing to go botanizing with Conservation International's Robin Foster in the scientifically unexplored depths of the reserve.—

Adrian Forsyth

The group botanized along the coast.

transitive verb

: to explore for botanical purposes

He spent the day botanizing the park.

botanizer

ˈbä-tə-ˌnī-zər

noun

Examples of botanize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Armed with magnifying glasses, the group travels along a busy route whose traffic doesn’t deter them from botanizing. —

Irene Wanner, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2019 In this country, Linnaeus was enraptured, botanizing among the unique high elevation tundra flowers. —

James Prosek, New York Times, 16 May 2017

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