Definition of "plantsman" []

• One, such as a horticulturist, who collects or grows plants. (noun)

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• "Wayne Winterrowd, a plantsman and writer who drew on the lush gardens of his Louisiana childhood to form a paradise in the frigid hills of New England, died Sept. 17 at his home in Readsboro, Vt. He was 68."
• "He is particularly fascinated by butterfly ecology, bird evolution and diversity, odonate habitat choice and breeding, and adaptation to the sea shore by a wide variety of animals, as well as being a keen plantsman (species only, though!)."
• "I agree that Brian was a real trooper–he is also a great plantsman."