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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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002299
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsobotany; ethnobiology; foodways; medicinal plants; common names; stimulant plants; pharmacognosy; phytopharmaceuticals; phytotherapy; antipyretics; archaeology; medical botany; rural society; indigenous knowledge; archaeobotany
TranslationsSpanish: etnobotánica
Record as JSON
{
  "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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