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Record 1 2019-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Economics
DEF

[The science concerned with] the study of the relationship between people and ... plants [and] the ways humans use plants for food, medicines, and commerce.

CONT

Economic botany intersects many fields including established disciplines such as agronomy, anthropology, archaeology, chemistry, economics, ethnobotany, ethnology, forestry, genetic resources, geography ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Économique
DEF

[...] discipline scientifique qui étudie les plantes cultivées par l'homme et leur exploitation commerciale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Economía
DEF

[Ciencia que estudia] las plantas útiles al ser humano[,] tales como aquellas utilizadas para la extracción de aceites, gomas, fibras, maderas e, incluso, las plantas inferiores útiles.

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