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botanized — botanize (Amer.) bot·a·nize || bÉ’tÉ™naɪz v. study or collect plants for scientific purposes (also botanise) … English contemporary dictionary
Botanize — Bot a*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Botanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Botanizing}.] [Cf. F. botaniser.] To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Botanizing — Botanize Bot a*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Botanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Botanizing}.] [Cf. F. botaniser.] To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Frederick Traugott Pursh — (or Friedrich Traugott Pursch) (1774 11 July 1820) was a German American botanist. Born in Grossenhain, Saxony, he was educated at Dresden Botanical Gardens, and emigrated to the United States in 1799. From 1802 to 1805 he worked in Philadelphia… … Wikipedia
Vicente Cervantes — Vicente (Vincente) de Cervantes (1755 – 1829) was a notable Spanish and Mexican physician and botanist. Contents 1 Background 2 Notes 3 Publications 4 References … Wikipedia
Paul Friedrich August Ascherson — (June 4, 1834 March 6, 1913) was a German botanist. His author citation is Asch. , although Aschers. has been used in the past.Ascherson was born in Berlin in 1834 as the son of a counsellor of health. In 1850, he started studying medicine at the … Wikipedia
botanize — botanizer, n. /bot n uyz /, v., botanized, botanizing. v.i. 1. to study plants or plant life. 2. to collect plants for scientific study. v.t. 3. to explore botanically; study the plant life of. Also, esp. Brit., botanise. [1760 70; < NL… … Universalium
Mill, John Stuart — born May 20, 1806, London, Eng. died May 8, 1873, Avignon, France British philosopher and economist, the leading expositor of utilitarianism. He was educated exclusively and exhaustively by his father, James Mill. By age 8 he had read in the… … Universalium
supernatural — supernatural, supranatural, preternatural, miraculous, superhuman are overlapping rather than strictly synonymous terms whose meanings all involve a contrast with what is natural or, sometimes, normal or predictable. All, with the possible… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
