Ethnoflora

/ˌɛθnoʊˈflɔːrə/ noun

Definition

All the plants that are traditionally used and valued by a particular culture or ethnic group in a specific region.

Etymology

From ethno- (people/culture) and flora (Latin for plants). A specialized botanical term that emerged from ethnobotanical research to describe culturally-important plant assemblages.

Kelly Says

Every culture has its own ethnoflora—the Amazonian indigenous groups, for example, have identified and used thousands of plants that Western science is only now beginning to understand.

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