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botanist

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One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. Enrico Fermi

A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them. Carl Linnaeus

It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow. C. Northcote Parkinson

New "agronomy,” [was] an experimental science of agriculture founded around midcentury by the chemist and botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau

As of 2013, fully anchored chronologies in the northern hemisphere extend back 13,900 years. citation History The Greek botanist Theophrastus (ca. 371 – ca. 287 BC) first mentioned that the wood of trees has rings. Source: Internet

Also a botanist, Rothman broadened Linnaeus' interest in botany and helped him develop an interest in medicine. Source: Internet

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