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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
botanize .
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Examples
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This, he soon realizes, was the wrong response in a residence where "every thing, even to the table on which we supped, was holy," but he botanizes Mount Zion with impunity and finds a new species of tick at the site of Christ's temptation.
Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net Jennie Erin Smith 2012
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She sketches and paints in water colors, and botanizes, and looks for bits of stones and rocks which she examines through a glass, and translates French and generally potters around.
The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp Katherine Stokes
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They are so big that there's room for all kinds, and it turns out that Lady Cressida is the moral one -- married a clergy-man and does missionary work in the East End. Think of my taking such a lot of trouble about a clergyman's wife, who wears Indian jewelry and botanizes!
House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1899
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Whether he hunts, fishes, botanizes, geologizes or merely loafs and invites his soul, it is equally fascinating, and he is
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Think of my taking such a lot of trouble about a clergyman’s wife, who wears Indian jewelry and botanizes!
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987
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Think of my taking such a lot of trouble about a clergyman’s wife, who wears Indian jewelry and botanizes!
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987
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Think of my taking such a lot of trouble about a clergyman’s wife, who wears Indian jewelry and botanizes!
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987
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