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non·bot·a·nist | \ ˌnän-ˈbä-tə-nist 
, -ˈbät-nist \
, -ˈbät-nist \Definition of nonbotanist
: a person who is not a botanist Pennsylvania is home to several other species of sumacs and all look pretty much alike to us nonbotanists.— Jack Hubley
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