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ethnobotany

ethnobotany noun: the scientific study of the relationships between people and plants.

Noun

ethnobotany (usually uncountable, plural ethnobotanies)

  1. (usually) The scientific study of the relationships between people and plants.
  2. (usually) The scientific study of traditional medicinal plants used by various ethnic groups.

ethnobotany meaning in Tamil

ethnobotany in Tamil

மக்கள் தாவரத்தொடர்பியில்

Forms of ethnobotany

pluralethnobotanies

Origin of ethnobotany

From ethno- + botany.

Words formed from ethnobotany

Questions about ethnobotany

What does ethnobotany mean?
Ethnobotany means the scientific study of the relationships between people and plants.
What is ethnobotany in Tamil?
Ethnobotany in Tamil is மக்கள் தாவரத்தொடர்பியில். See Ethnobotany meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ethnobotany?
Ethnobotany is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnobotany?
The plural of ethnobotany is ethnobotanies.

Words near ethnobotany in the dictionary

  1. ethnobotanicals
  2. ethnobotanics
  3. ethnobotanies
  4. ethnobotanist
  5. ethnobotanists
  6. ethnobotany
  7. ethnoburb
  8. ethnoburban
  9. ethnoburbs
  10. ethnocacerism
  11. ethnocartography

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnobotany (page history and authors); ethnobotany (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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