botanist n 1: a biologist specializing in the study of plants [syn: {botanist}, {phytologist}, {plant scientist}]
Botanist \Bot"a*nist\, n. [Cf. F. botaniste.] One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants. [1913 Webster]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "botanist": anatomist, bacteriologist, biochemist, biologist, biometrist, biophysicist, bryologist, cytologist, dendrologist, ecologist, geneticist, herbalist, mycologist, natural scientist, naturalist, physiologist, phytobiologist, phytoecologist, phytogeographer, phytographer, phytologist, phytonomist, phytopaleontologist, phytopathologist, phytoteratologist, pomologist, zoologist