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• botaniser

Noun

botanizer ‎(plural botanizers)

1. An amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
   • 2008, James Luther Davis, The Northwest Nature Guide, page 205

     The most common though sometimes difficult to tell apart yellow members of the sunflower family are arnicas, groundsels, goldenrods, and mountain-dandelions. There are so many confusing members of this family that some botanizers use the term DYC for "damn yellow composite."

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• botany