botanize
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botanize (third-person singular simple present botanizes, present participle botanizing, simple past and past participle botanized)
- To do the work of a botanist; as to inventory the plant life in an area.
- 1770: Dr Solander and Myself were botanizing — Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 January 22. [1]