non-botanist
noun[C]
uk/ˌnɒnˈbɒt.ən.ɪst/us/ˌnɑːnˈbɑː.t̬ən.ɪst/apersonwho is not anexperton thesubjectofbotany(= thescientificstudyofplants):
Thebookis anexcellentintroductionfor a non-botanist.
Few of theseplantswill befamiliarto a non-botanist.
- Thetextisaimedat thelayman, and it should beaccessibleto the non-botanist.
- Thedescriptionsareclearandeasytounderstand, which isimportantfor the nonbotanist.
- Shespentyearsteachingbotany, often to non-botanists.
- The use of all theseLatintermscan be veryconfusingto the non-botanist.
Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- apprentice
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- laywoman
- lightweight
- muggle
- naïf
- neophyte
- nonspecialist
- not know the meaning of the wordidiom
- novice
- probationer
- rookie
- the blind leading the blindidiom
- upstart
- virgin
- virginity