botanist

Example Sentences

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French botanist Michel Adanson records his journey to Senegal to gather specimens, also documenting his obsession with a young woman born into royalty who returned from the sea after being kidnapped into slavery.

From Los Angeles Times

Sarah Darwin, a botanist, said she supports the mission for using her great-great-grandfather’s voyage to highlight environmental change.

From Seattle Times

Though debate continued for decades, the correct answer came from botanist Robert Brown, for whom Brownian motion was named.

From Seattle Times

University of Oregon botanist Hilary Rose Dawson, a queer woman, wrote on Twitter that although she appreciated the conference’s statement, “I still feel unsafe attending.”

From Science Magazine

I remember walking out of the botanist's office shaking my head, thinking the man had lost his mind.

From Scientific American