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Ethnobotany (from ethnology, study of culture, and botany, study of plants) is the scientific study of the relationships that exist between peoples and plants. Ethnobotanists aim to document, describe and explain complex relationships between cultures and (uses of) plants, focusing primarily on how plants are used, managed and perceived across hum...
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systematic study of the botanical knowledge of a social group and its use of locally available plants in foods, medicines, clothing, or religious ...
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Study of the relationship between human beings and plants. It combines knowledge of botany, chemistry, and anthropology. Many pharmaceutical companies, universities, and government health agencies...
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The plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the field of medicine, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of plants and their constituents, both historically and in modern times. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(Gk: ethnos nation; botane=plant) the discipline within botany which examines the interactions between human societies and the plant species important to their culture.
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ethnobotany 1. The plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. 2. The study of such lore and customs. 3. The systematic study of the interactions between a culture and the plants in its environment, particularly the group's knowledge about and use of such plants. 4. The study of the way plants are identified, classified, and used by various...
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the plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. · the systematic study of such lore and customs.
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