Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 January 22. http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#banks Dr Solander and Myself were botanizing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
collect and study plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: botanise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
Etymology tree English botany Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English botanize From botany + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Belarusian:
батанізаваць
(batanizavacʹ)
— do the work of a botanist
-
Czech:
botanizovat
— do the work of a botanist
-
Danish:
botanisere
— do the work of a botanist
-
French:
botaniser
— do the work of a botanist
-
German:
botanisieren
— do the work of a botanist
-
Greek:
βοτανολογώ
(votanologó)
— do the work of a botanist
-
Ido:
botanizar
— do the work of a botanist
-
Portuguese:
botanizar
— do the work of a botanist
-
Romanian:
botaniza
— do the work of a botanist
-
Russian:
ботанизировать
(botanizirovatʹ)
— do the work of a botanist
-
Slovak:
botanizovat
— do the work of a botanist
-
Spanish:
botanizar
— do the work of a botanist
-
Swedish:
botanisera
— do the work of a botanist
-
Ukrainian:
ботанізувати
(botanizuvaty)
— do the work of a botanist