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evening botanist en · NOUN
Meanings
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(euphemistic) A gay man.
“Specimen collection?” The man held it away as Embry grabbed for it. “Is that why they call girls like you evening botanists?”
2026 May 26, Anna-Marie McLemore, We Could Be Anyone, Feiwel & Friends, →ISBN:Or maybe it’s why “evening botanist” is one of the antiquated terms for queer men.
[2020 January 29, Sarah Prager, “Four Flowering Plants That Have Been Decidedly Queered”, in JSTOR Daily, JSTOR, retrieved 16 Jul 2026:
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confirmed bachelor