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BOTANIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does botanize mean?
• BOTANIZE (verb)
The verb BOTANIZE has 1 sense:
1. collect and study plants
Familiarity information: BOTANIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they botanize ... he / she / it botanizes
Past simple: botanized
Past participle: botanized
-ing form: botanizing
... he / she / it botanizes Past simple: botanized
Past participle: botanized
-ing form: botanizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Collect and study plants
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
botanise; botanize
Hypernyms (to "botanize" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; break down; dissect; take apart (make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
botany (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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