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noun
Someone skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a biologist specializing in the study of plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: botanist, plant scientist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biologist, life scientist
Narrower terms: mycologist, pomologist, propagator, Banks, Sir Joseph Banks, Brown, Robert Brown, Carver, George Washington Carver, Cohn, Ferdinand Julius Cohn, Curtis, William Curtis, deVries, De Vries, Hugo deVries, Hugo De Vries, Gray, Asa Gray, Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Linnaeus, Carolus Linnaeus, Carl von Linne, Karl Linne, Mendel, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel, Tradescant, John Tradescant
History
From phyto- + -logist.
