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▪ I. botanizing, vbl. n.|ˈbɒtənaɪzɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of seeking for plants, or of studying plants botanically. Often attrib.
1794Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 399 In this botanizing age, it should not pass without observation. [? ppl. a.] 1835Beckford Recoll. 183 By getting out of his vehicle and botanizing by the roadside. 1859G. Wilson E. Forbes iv. 103 The..professor led his students, each summer's Saturday, on a botanizing march. 1883Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/2, I..had my botanizing tin on my back. ▪ II. botanizing, ppl. a.|ˈbɒtənaɪzɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That searches for or examines plants. |