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词汇 ethnobotany
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Definition of ethnobotany in English:

ethnobotany

noun ˌɛθnəʊˈbɒt(ə)niˌeTHnōˈbät(ə)nē
mass noun
  • The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.

    民族植物学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Richard Evans Schultes, a tireless supporter of Amazonian ethnobotany, began his investigation in the northwestern Amazon in 1941.
    • Our understanding of the physical anthropology and ethnobotany of this prehistoric people has increased considerably in the past several decades.
    • Activities included field excursions to some of the island's imperiled ecosystems, lectures in tropical specialties such as breadfruit biodiversity and medical ethnobotany, and demonstrations of Pacific cultural uses of plants.
    • In addition to the existing language and literacy courses, we plan to develop an integrated approach to organic agriculture, livestock management, ethnobotany and health care.
    • Published in 2001 after six years of research and field study, this is a compendium which will have wide use for students of ethnobotany, tropical botany, pharmacology, horticulture and ecology among others.
    • Experts in how different peoples and cultures use indigenous plants, the field known as ethnobotany, believe the work could prove a catalyst for medical breakthroughs, putting scientists on the trail of new, life-saving drugs.
    • From the perspective of ethnobotany, the higher a plant's status among native peoples, the more potent it often proves to be medicinally.
    • He is a conservation biologist who has worked in the fields of ethnobotany and plant germplasm conservation for 30 years.
    • Here in the Cape, the indigenous flora is known as feiba, but we'd like to take you to Madagascar to meet a gourmand who is using ethnobotany as an essential element in providing healthcare.
    • Trees are described first at the generic level, with a discussion of form, ecology, phenology, ethnobotany, etc.
    • Later work in ethnobotany and symbolic ecology has taken greater care to note the political and economic context of local understandings of the biophysical environment.
    • For example, the authors discuss ethnobotany in some detail, reviewing human uses of plants ranging from consumption to religious rituals.
    • I am thankful for what you have shown me about watersheds, other cultures, ethnobotany, natural healing, renewable energy, spirituality, and so much more.

Derivatives

  • ethnobotanic

  • adjective
    • Allan has travelled from the Ivory Coast to Madagascar and New Guinea, seeking plants which have a real or potential ethnobotanic use as food, medicine, fibre, dye or cosmetics.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The living collections at Kahanu Garden focus on plants of the Pacific Islands, particularly those of ethnobotanic value to Hawaiians and other cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.
  • ethnobotanical

  • adjective
    • The result of this collaboration is a book rich in ethnobotanical information, well and clearly presented, and enhanced by the introductory chapters giving the social history and background of the Florida Seminole Indians.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • OK, our garden is based around ethnobotanical plants which are useful to people, not only for foods and medicines, but also for fibres, dyes, cosmetics, perfumes, poisons and so on.
      • Plants from tropical rainforests represent a rich source of potential immunomodulating substances, and leads from ethnobotanical practices have been the primary source of plant selection in recent years.
      • His research and publications deal with exchange, ritual, and ethnobotanical systems in southeastern Papua New Guinea.
      • The ethnobotanical research I draw on was developed in consultation with Aboriginal people in the settlements of Timber Creek, Yarralin, Lingara, Pigeon Hole and Daguragu.
  • ethnobotanist

  • noun
    • They meet county park naturalists, ethnobotanists, and salmon preservationists and learn about the roles these people play in their communities.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some ethnobotanists and anthropologists are convinced that root and tuber crops were among the first plants to be domesticated.
      • Through informative personal essays, combined with images taken during twenty-five years of exploration, ethnobotanist Davis celebrates traditional ways of living and thinking.
      • Best known as an anthropologist and ethnobotanist, Wade has made 6,000 or so botanical collections while living among fifteen indigenous groups in eight South American countries.
      • He eventually left to become curator of the herbarium at the California Academy in San Francisco and has become a renowned ethnobotanist.

Definition of ethnobotany in US English:

ethnobotany

nounˌeTHnōˈbät(ə)nē
  • The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.

    民族植物学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Experts in how different peoples and cultures use indigenous plants, the field known as ethnobotany, believe the work could prove a catalyst for medical breakthroughs, putting scientists on the trail of new, life-saving drugs.
    • Activities included field excursions to some of the island's imperiled ecosystems, lectures in tropical specialties such as breadfruit biodiversity and medical ethnobotany, and demonstrations of Pacific cultural uses of plants.
    • Trees are described first at the generic level, with a discussion of form, ecology, phenology, ethnobotany, etc.
    • From the perspective of ethnobotany, the higher a plant's status among native peoples, the more potent it often proves to be medicinally.
    • Later work in ethnobotany and symbolic ecology has taken greater care to note the political and economic context of local understandings of the biophysical environment.
    • Richard Evans Schultes, a tireless supporter of Amazonian ethnobotany, began his investigation in the northwestern Amazon in 1941.
    • He is a conservation biologist who has worked in the fields of ethnobotany and plant germplasm conservation for 30 years.
    • I am thankful for what you have shown me about watersheds, other cultures, ethnobotany, natural healing, renewable energy, spirituality, and so much more.
    • In addition to the existing language and literacy courses, we plan to develop an integrated approach to organic agriculture, livestock management, ethnobotany and health care.
    • Published in 2001 after six years of research and field study, this is a compendium which will have wide use for students of ethnobotany, tropical botany, pharmacology, horticulture and ecology among others.
    • Our understanding of the physical anthropology and ethnobotany of this prehistoric people has increased considerably in the past several decades.
    • For example, the authors discuss ethnobotany in some detail, reviewing human uses of plants ranging from consumption to religious rituals.
    • Here in the Cape, the indigenous flora is known as feiba, but we'd like to take you to Madagascar to meet a gourmand who is using ethnobotany as an essential element in providing healthcare.
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