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botanist

[bot-n-ist] / ˈbɒt n ɪst /


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Baimedov, who has become an amateur botanist, tends to about 15,000 saplings, which are aimed at forming a green wall against the sand.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

"My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant," says Kobe University botanist Kenji Suetsugu.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

It brought Chris Thorogood, a botanist at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, to tears.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

A forensic botanist said there was "very strong evidence" the wedge had come from the Sycamore Gap tree.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Richardson also happened to be the botanist who first wrote a scientific description of H. mackenzii and gave the plant its botanical name.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer