botaˈnologern.rare (now archaic) a person skilled in botanology.
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1658 Sir T. BrowneGarden of Cyrus i, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 102 The wisedom of that eminent Botanologer [sc. Solomon].
1970 ‘Mercurius Oxoniensis’Lett. of Mercurius 58 There are few elections in which a chymist or a botanologer is not put forward and pressed hard by the mechanick party.