ethnobotanist

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noun

A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.

OriginEnglish botanist ← Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos) ← Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa →
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Meanings

nounethnobotanist (plural ethnobotanists)

plural ethnobotanists

  1. A scholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany.

    Eric J. Buenz, an ethnobotanist at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, led the team that wrote a paper about the text[…].

    2007 January 16, Nicholas Bakalar, “17th-Century Remedy; 21st-Century Potency”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*swe-dʰh₁-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*séswōtʰa
  5. Ancient Greekἔθω (éthō)
  6. Ancient Greekἔθνος (éthnos)
  7. Englishethno-
  8. Englishbotany
  9. Englishbotanist
  10. Englishethnobotanist

From ethno- + botanist.

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Translations

German Ethnobotaniker, Ethnobotanikerin
  • Ethnobotanikerscholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany
  • Ethnobotanikerinscholar or researcher in the field of ethnobotany
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APA

ethnobotanist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnobotanist

MLA

“ethnobotanist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnobotanist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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