HOW TO PRONOUNCE
botanist
/ˈbɑtənɪst/
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What does botanist mean?
noun
- A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɑtənɪst/
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Jeff Margrave was born to be a poet, a botanist--or both--but his folks persuaded him to be a doctor instead.
A third young man was Hardie, who would, I think, have made a good botanist, but died early in India.
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On that very day he had on the table before him a parcel of plants gathered for the dead botanist.
I found my guide a first-rate walker and a good botanist, knowing the names of all the plants and trees in Welsh.
On further inquiry, Sir Roderick ascertained that the humble individual before him was not only a capital baker and geologist, but a first-rate botanist.