botanist

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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

The poinsettias we buy today are significantly different from the tall, gangly plants botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett discovered in Mexico in 1825, after he became that country’s first U.S. ambassador.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Its Japanese name honors Jukichi Shiraga, a botanist from Niimi City who discovered the plant.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

Sarah Shuttleworth, a botanist with Plantlife, argues that certain intensive farming methods have contributed.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

In January 1844, he wrote to his friend Joseph Hooker, a botanist, that he was working on a theory about the origin of species.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman