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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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Duke's Handbook Of Medicinal Plants Of The Bible" will prove to be of immense interest to medical practitioners, ethnobotanists, biblical scholars, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in this fascinating subject.
Duke's handbook Of Medicinal Plants Of The Bible" is a 528-page compendium of superbly organized and presented information on biblical plants that provides both academicians and non-specialist general readers with a complete, descriptive listing of the herbs that, based on citations, scholars and ethnobotanists feel were utilized by the people of the biblical era.
Unlike many well-known ethnobotanists who evolved into de-facto ethnobotanists while doing fieldwork, Hinojosa set out to be an ethnobotanist while studying at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz.
 
 
 
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