botanizer

English

Alternative forms

• botaniser

Etymology

From botanize +‎ -er.

Noun

botanizer (plural botanizers)

1. An amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
   • 2008, James Luther Davis, The Northwest Nature Guide, page 205:

     The most common though sometimes difficult to tell apart yellow members of the sunflower family are arnicas, groundsels, goldenrods, and mountain-dandelions. There are so many confusing members of this family that some botanizers use the term DYC for "damn yellow composite."

Related terms

• botany