botanist

Everyday

1. A botanist is a scientist who studies plants: how they grow, where they live and how they are related. tree →
2. Botany is the science that botanists do. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons, children act like botanists when they sort leaves, grow seeds and name the parts of a flower. History lessons may mention botanists who travelled on ships to collect plants, such as Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's voyage to Australia. Phrases: «a famous botanist», «plant collector».

Examples

• A botanist studies plants and flowers. tree →
• The botanist found a new kind of orchid. tree →
• We were botanists for the day and collected leaves. tree →
• Botanists work in gardens, labs and rainforests. tree →
• The botanist explained how seeds spread. tree →
• Joseph Banks was a botanist on a long sea voyage. tree →
• What the botanist tells us after a number of imperfect lectures, the flower proclaimed in a minute. tree →

Note

Countable. Related words: botany (the subject), botanical (adjective, as in «botanical garden»). Stress: BOT-an-ist.