A person who loves plants and botany; a plant enthusiast or lover of botanical studies.
From Greek 'botanikos' (relating to plants) plus 'phile' (lover of). The Greek root 'botanikos' itself comes from 'botane' meaning herb or plant.
While 'botanist' is someone who studies plants professionally, 'botanophile' is someone who loves plants passionately—a meaningful distinction that English preserves through the '-phile' suffix, which always suggests passionate devotion rather than mere profession.
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