john tradescant

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsTradescant

   Broaderbotanist

Questions about john tradescant

What does john tradescant mean?

john tradescant means "English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)".

What is another word for john tradescant?

Close synonyms include Tradescant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is john tradescant a common word?

john tradescant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.