1. to study plants in their natural environment; to collect and examine plants as a hobby or for scientific purposes
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is ‘botanize’

Examples

• The professor likes to botanise in the local meadows every spring.
• We spent the afternoon botanising along the nature trail.
• She has been botanising for over twenty years and has discovered several rare species.
• The group will botanise in the rainforest to document new plant varieties.
• He learned to botanise from his grandmother, who was an amateur naturalist.
• The students were excited to botanise in the botanical garden.