How do you use the word "botanist" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "botanist": Tom had decided at an early age that he wanted to become a botanist. Tom is a botanist.

Botanist Meaning

/ˈbɒt.ən.ɪst/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

Sentence Examples

Tom had decided at an early age that he wanted to become a botanist.

Tom is a botanist.

The botanist studied the flora of the remote island.

CEFR Practice Quiz

A skilled ____ can identify hundreds of wildflower species.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ identified several new species of flowers in the rainforest.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree English botany Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English botanist From botany + -ist.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"It is probably the Livistona rotundifolia of botanists, and is the most complete and beautiful fan-leaf I have ever seen, serving admirably for folding into water-buckets and impromptu baskets, as well as for thatching and other purposes." — 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 422:

"A German botanist gave 'Gandoge' as the locality of an American plant; a package sent by express to 'Sevaber' (an English name), and a letter posted to the town of 'Scur E Quss, Nu Yourck,' arrived safely; and I have seen a handboard directing the traveller to the English-named town of 'Bintgrof'." — 2020, S.S Haldeman, Pennsylvania Dutch, page 9:

"It’s one of the world’s longest-running experiments, having already gone on for 142 years. And the botanists in East Lansing hope that it will last for at least another 80." — 2021 April 21, Cara Giaimo, “One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021:

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