astrobotanistn.
/ˌastrəʊˈbɒtənɪst/, /ˌastrəʊˈbɒtn̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌæstroʊˈbɑtn̩əst/ An expert or specialist in astrobotany (sense astrobotany n. 2).
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > specific branches or aspects of botany > one knowledgeable in
fossil botanist1832
phytogeographer1859
palaeophytologist1869
neo-botanist1870
palaeobotanist1876
phytopalaeontologist1882
plant geographer1883
phytopathologist1886
plant physiologist1888
plant pathologist1894
phytoecologist1899
phytochemist1914
phytosociologist1926
astrobotanist1952
archaeobotanist1954
1952 C. Zirkle in Soviet Sci. (Amer. Assoc. Advancement Sci.) 106 The astrobotanists claim to have discovered life on Mars. They also claim that the climate of Mars resembles that found in parts of Siberia.
1986 New Scientist 25 Sept. 15/2 There aren't as yet many jobs for astrobotanists.
2003 D. Grinspoon Lonely Planets (2004) xiv. 227 Russian astrobotanists used spectral studies of Mars and Venus to make detailed inferences about the nature of the vegetation they believed existed on both worlds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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