ethnobotany
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002299
The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of plants and plant extracts and their constituents, both historically and in modern times.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-002299 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Plant Production, Gardening |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | botany; ethnobiology; foodways; medicinal plants; common names; stimulant plants; pharmacognosy; phytopharmaceuticals; phytotherapy; antipyretics; archaeology; medical botany; rural society; indigenous knowledge; archaeobotany |
| Translations | Spanish: etnobotánica |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-002299",
"term": "ethnobotany",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "The study of plant lore and agricultural customs of a people. In the fields of ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology, the emphasis is on traditional medicine and the existence and medicinal uses of plants and plant extracts and their constituents, both historically and in modern times.",
"subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
"see_also": [
"botany",
"ethnobiology",
"foodways",
"medicinal plants",
"common names",
"stimulant plants",
"pharmacognosy",
"phytopharmaceuticals",
"phytotherapy",
"antipyretics",
"archaeology",
"medical botany",
"rural society",
"indigenous knowledge",
"archaeobotany"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings 2012",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "etnobotánica"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/ethnobotany/"
}
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