You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.

Hey, Sharwhavers, Regina Barber here.

Can I ask you a question?

Have you ever heard the term ethno-bondany?

Well, we're here today to talk about plants

and how they affect your everyday life.

I recently spoke with an amazing author

and multi-disciplinary professor, Dr. Rosalyn LaPierre.

And I asked what people usually think

when they hear that word.

They almost always think that ethno-bondany

means plants that are used for medicine

or oftentimes plants that are used for psychedelic,

for lack of a better word, psychedelic purposes.

So people don't often think of all the dozens

of different ways that plants are used by humans

or that humans have a relationship with plants.

But how does Rosalyn define the term?

The common definition of ethno-bondany

is the scientific study of the relationship

between humans and plants.

It's different than botany.

...