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ethnobotany
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ethnobotany /eth·no·bot·a·ny/ (-bot´ah-ne) the systematic study of the interactions between a culture and the plants in its environment, particularly the knowledge about and use of such plants.
ethnobotany (ethˈ·nō·bˑ·t·nē),
n study of how societies perceive and categorize plants and use them for food, medicine, and ritual.


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Personable presenter James Wong is an ethno-botanist, a scientist who studies how people use plants.
95 Hardcover The Haworth herbal press GT3031 An ethno-botanist in the natural products industry, Hughes describes selected aspects and selected examples of incense in order to alert readers to the nature, variety, and scope of plants that are used--mostly burnt--to produce mostly pleasing aromas.
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