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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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But most of the stuff from plants that shows early promise in the lab doesn't pan out in humans," cautions University of Hawaii ethnobotanist Will McClatchey.
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In 1995, he retired from his career as an ethnobotanist with the USDA.
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Davis-Hollander, a Massachusetts-based ethnobotanist who founded and directs the Eastern Native Seed Conservancy, has been in the forefront of the heirloom movement.
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