ethnobotanical
- a word derived from ethnobotany.
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Anadol Studio’s active creative partnership with Google deepened after Refik’s own more recent stays in the Sacred Village, taking advantage of what Neven characterizes as “the ethnobotanical knowledge that Indigenous tribes still possess.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Fewer than 5% of the medicinal plants used by the Ticuna people, whose ethnobotanical knowledge is one of the best-studied in the Amazon, have been screened for their biological activities, Cámara Leret says.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 5, 2022
She was also recognized for turning to native and ethnobotanical flora to give landscapes and their inhabitants a sense of place.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2021
Mr. García has planted a native-foods garden at the museum, which has also helped administer a few small grants for his ethnobotanical work.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2012
In contrast to random collecting, Cox feels, ethnobotanical field research provides a far more streamlined way of locating plants that have medical potential.
From Time Magazine Archive
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