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- verb Present participle of
botanise .
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Examples
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We toyed with the idea of walking on: not yet, though – botanising at ground level, propped on one elbow, seemed a more rewarding way to while away a sultry afternoon.
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They were sitting by the roadside botanising flowers.
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He flings out his lean botanising hands in an impotent gesture.
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In the afternoon Dr. Wetmore and I rode to the beautiful Puna woods on a botanising excursion.
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Excellent fishing, botanising, and geologising in this neighbourhood.
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Rich botanising is to be had on the swampy ground at the mouth of the right ravine.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
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Arthur, taking Eiulo with him, proceeded upon a botanising tour about the neighbourhood, in the hope of making some discovery that might prove useful to us.
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I shall therefore return towards Deeling, and devote a few days to botanising on Thuma-thaya.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
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He himself was going to take charge of a botanising party on the Hersch-felsen, and a junior master was to superintend those who wished to fish in the lake; but
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The attendant who was responsible was one of the hands employed on ditching and fencing, and possibly was not much experienced at river fording, and he said the Doctor delayed so long botanising that darkness was upon them by the time they reached the fording place.
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