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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The branch of ethnobiology that studies the plant lore and agricultural customs of a people.
  • noun The study of such lore and customs.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Botany in its relations to the economic uses of plants by different races, especially by aborigines or primitive races.

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  • noun botany, sociology The scientific study of the relationships between people and plants

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ethno- +‎ botany

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