Definition of Tradescant

1. Noun. English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638).

Exact synonyms: John Tradescant
Generic synonyms: Botanist, Phytologist, Plant Scientist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tradescant

Trachipteridae
Trachipterus
Trachipterus arcticus
Trachurus
Trachurus symmetricus
Trachurus trachurus
Traci
TrackBack
Tractarian
Tractarianism
Tractarians
Tractite
Tractites
Tractor Boy
Tracy
Tradescant (current term)
Traditional Chinese
Trafalgar
Trafalgar Square
Trafford
Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus angasi
Tragelaphus buxtoni
Tragelaphus eurycerus
Tragelaphus imberbis
Tragelaphus scriptus
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Tragopogon
Tragopogon dubius
Tragopogon porrifolius

Literary usage of Tradescant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"Tradescant himself had a lease of pro- Tradescant, JOHN (rf. 1637?), traveller, naturalist, and gardener, is said by Anthony u Wood to have been a Fleming ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... some Particulars about John Tradescant. Lond. 1773, 4to. A Repertory of the Endowments of Vicarages in the Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester. Lond. ..."

3. Annual Register (1803)
"Some Account of the celebrated Sir John Tradescant. Extracted from VOL. ... JOHN Tradescant was, according to Anthony Wood, a Fleming or a Dutchman. ..."

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