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单词 plantswoman
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plantswomann.

Brit. /ˈplɑːntsˌwʊmən/, /ˈplantsˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈplæn(t)sˌwʊm(ə)n/
Inflections: Plural plantswomen.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plant n.1, woman n.
Etymology: < either the genitive or the plural of plant n.1 + woman n., after plantsman n.
A female expert in garden plants and gardening. Cf. plantsman n.
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1933 Los Angeles Times 7 May (Farm & Garden Mag.) 10/4 [At] the San Diego spring flower show..Miss Kate Sessions, veteran plantswoman, was on hand with her usual group of ardent followers crowding around her asking questions.
1968 R. Dutton Hinton Ampner 108 My mother, although no plantswoman, had a strong sense of the setting required for a rather large house.
1974 R. L. Fox Variations on Garden 127 It is also called Miss Willmott's Ghost, Miss Willmott being a former plantswoman of the home counties with a tongue, and tastes, as sharp as a thistle's spine.
1993 Garden Answers May 105/1 Hilary remembers the pink-flowered Iris ‘Party Dress’, the yellow ‘Ola Kala’ and the blue ‘Eleanor's Pride’ which were among the first ones her mother, a keen plantswoman, grew.
2002 Gardens Illustr. Sept. 58 (caption) A view through the rose-covered pergola of the 19th century, Lutyens-designed house, inspired by the plantswoman Gertrude Jekyll.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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