Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to the uses of plants among aborigines or primitive races.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
ethnobotany . - noun Any
plant used as part ofethnobotany , as for example in afolk remedy .
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Examples
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If Tuillie's tool were to be the engine of his own destruction, I thought he'd have gotten gangrene after a candiru fish swam up his urethra on an ethnobotanical tour of the Amazon to consume rare psychoactives with the shamen of violent rainforest tribes like the Yanomamo.
Ramona at the Funeral Thomas Pluck 2011
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"This finally solves an ethnobotanical riddle and explains the association between Min and lettuce."
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Dill impregnates many cultures from its Neolithic roots, but there are a few anecdotal ethnobotanical similarities that span most of them.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Here are some of the main medical uses that have been cited from various ethnobotanical traditional medicines, with the number of compounds that support this usage.
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Year and years of ethnobotanical studies and notes up in flames.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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Here are some of the main medical uses that have been cited from various ethnobotanical traditional medicines, with the number of compounds that support this usage.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Dill impregnates many cultures from its Neolithic roots, but there are a few anecdotal ethnobotanical similarities that span most of them.
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Yes, you might find some outrageous stuff, obscure history and discussions of controversial ethnobotanical plants, but it promises to never be dull or overly academic!
America’s Top Garden Writer Teams Up With Australian Cattle Dog for New Blog: The MoZone Thatsnews 2006
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An ethnobotanical study of Gabra plant use in Marsabit District, Kenya.
Chapter 10 1999
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Plant concept and plant use: an ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa (various parts): Borana,
Chapter 10 1999
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