As nouns the difference between botanist and batologist
is that botanist is (botany) a person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants while batologist is a botanist who studies the genus rubus or batologist can be someone who studies bats (the flying mammal).
botanist
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.
Synonyms
* botanologer
* botanologist
* phytobiologist
* phytologist
* plant scientist
Related terms
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* botanic
* botanica,
* botanic garden
* botanical, botanicals
* botanical garden
* botanically
* botanise
* botaniser
* botanising
* botanism
* botanize
* botanizer
* botanizing
* botanology
* botany
Anagrams
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batologist
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
A botanist who studies the genus Rubus .
*1898 , Journal of Botany , vol. 36:
*:The brambles were backward this season, and I could do little with them ; but I am sure that this part of Ireland is a good hunting-ground for the batologist .
Etymology 2
From .
Noun
(
en noun)
Someone who studies bats (the flying mammal).
Synonyms
*chiropterologist