"botanize" meaning in English

See botanize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɒtənaɪz/ Forms: botanizes [present, singular, third-person], botanizing [participle, present], botanized [participle, past], botanized [past]
Etymology: From botany + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|botany|ize}} botany + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} botanize (third-person singular simple present botanizes, present participle botanizing, simple past and past participle botanized)
  1. To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes. Synonyms: botanise Derived forms: botanizer Translations (do the work of a botanist): батанізаваць (batanizavacʹ) (Belarusian), botanizovat (Czech), botanisere (Danish), botaniser (French), botanisieren (German), βοτανολογώ (votanologó) (Greek), botanizar (Ido), botanizar (Portuguese), botaniza (Romanian), ботанизировать (botanizirovatʹ) (Russian), botanizovat (Slovak), botanizar (Spanish), botanisera (Swedish), ботанізувати (botanizuvaty) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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