"The science that explores the human uses of plants is a branch of botany known as ethnobotany," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ventura County Star Stories] Reference

We need people that go into other cultures and survey their uses of natural compounds (a field called ethnobotany).    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Richard Palmquist: Using Herbs to Comfort Veterinary Cancer Patients] Reference

"She was fascinated by the interaction of plants and people, taking an approach that today would be called ethnobotany".    From Wordnik.com.  [Women in Science] Reference

The comparative ethnobotany of African and Asian yam cultures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 37] Reference

E., The ethnobotany of Brugmansia, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1 1979: 147-64.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference

What, then, is the value of ethnobotany to the search for new biomedical compounds?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Within the field of ethnobiology, ethnobotany and ethnozoology are major sub-disciplines.    From Wordnik.com.  [BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching] Reference

Origin, ethnobotany and agricultural potential of the winged bean-Psophocarpus tetragonolobus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

Mr. R.L.A. Mahunnah expressed the importance of ethnobotany and conservation of medicinal plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

This is a standard ethnobotany method used to obtain information through the study of living plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

This paper presents the value of ethnobotany to the search for new biomedical compounds in the tropics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Scientists in the field of ethnobotany study how different cultures use plants for a variety of purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Richard Palmquist: Veterinarians Team With Mother Nature for Better Results] Reference

This was a method used for comparative ethnobotany study to obtain comparative information on plant names and uses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

She is currently developing a collaborative interdisciplinary course that deals with the chemical aspects of ethnobotany.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contributor: Debbie Swarthout] Reference

His guidance and example gave our expeditions form and substance, while ethnobotany remained the metaphor that lent them utility.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference

He has published more than twenty articles and one book (The Desert Smells Like Rain) on desert foods, ethnobotany, and seed conservation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

The two background components to the study of ethnobotany, especially medicinal plants, are a knowledge of the vegetation, and an understanding of the culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

This knowledge of the potential use of plants, ethnobotany, constitutes a major part of man's cultural knowledge, particularly in times of stress, e.g. hunger and disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Judging from the ethnobotany of the modern Zuñi, Tewa, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference

Skill include plant identification, birding, fishing, hiking and ethnobotany.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Skills include plant identification, birding, fishing, hiking and ethnobotany.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He teaches ethnobotany at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is Explorer In Residence.    From Wordnik.com.  [FOXNews.com] Reference

We offer courses in ethnobotany, environmental history, alternative energy and eco-art, to name a few.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tucson Weekly] Reference

(04 / 25 / 2005) A look at trends in ethnobotany and bioprospecting in seeking new ways to address human health conditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mongabay.com News] Reference

Frostburg State also holds an annual Appalachian Festival and has an ethnobotany program focused on the traditional uses of native plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [WMDT TV News TopStories] Reference

Some activities focus on ethnobotany; one scheduled hike explores how the Ohlone tribe used native plants for healing and medicinal purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Travel] Reference

Bureau of Land Management naturalist Leah Schrodt examines the area's cultural history, ethnobotany and ecology in a hike on Upper Table Rock.    From Wordnik.com.  [MailTribune.com Latest Headlines] Reference

That first great pioneering work had opened up a new field of study to which the Wassons gave the name ethno-mycology (a branch of ethnobotany).    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 2] Reference

(iii) Problems related to ethnobotany and conservation of medicinal plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

ethnobotany study how different cultures use plants for a variety of purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

3.4 To discuss issues related to ethnobotany and conservation of medicinal plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

A comparative study of Chaco Canyon kivas was carried out by Stanley Milford; and a study of Navajo ethnobotany, based on Chaco.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference

The ethnobotany of migratory plants?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Botanical Guide to BorderXing: 10 Topographical Investigations, Part VIII] Reference

(1990) Ecology and ethnobotany of Zea Diploperennis: Preliminary investigations.    From Wordnik.com.  [14. Saving seeds for planting] Reference

I am working on a book on ethnobotany in Lebanon.    From Wordnik.com.  [body on the line] Reference

Tags: Terrance McKenna, shamanism, ethnobotany, Ayahuasca, Amazon rainforest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shamans of the Amazon: Terrance McKenna] Reference

G. Nabhan, President, Native Seeds-Search, 3950 West New York Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85745 (germplasm, ethnobotany).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference