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to botanize

to botanize

1 8.0
To look for and collect wild plants to study them
  • verb
  • /ˈbɑːtəˌnaɪz/
: botanizar
  • As a passionate naturalist, he spends weekends botanizing around his hometown to document local species.
  • go botanizing

Examples

  • Each summer, they plan a vacation dedicated to botanizing in various national parks.

  • He went "botanizing" daily to collect specimens, accompanied by Jean Baret, his devoted young assistant.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Max might write to Dr. Hooker about this; in Sikkim, he knows, Dr. Hooker and a companion had been seized while botanizing and held as political hostages.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • She enjoys botanizing in the local park, searching for unique flowers and plants.

How Thoroughly

to botanize
1 8.0
to observe
605 2.4

Surface Forms

botanize infinitive
botanized past
botanized past participle
botanizing present participle
botanizes third person singular

Morphology

botanize = botany (transparent) = botan + ize

Formed by the verb-forming suffix '-ize' added to 'botany' (or its combining form), so learners who know 'botany' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word botanize comes from the Greek root botanē, which means 'plant', and you can see the same root in botany and botanical. So, to botanize is to go out and study or collect plants, often in their natural places.