Hecate was closely associated with plant lore and the concoction of medicines and poisons.
Rudimentary botanical science began with empirically-based plant lore passed from generation to generation in the oral traditions of paleolithic hunter-gatherers.
The scent cleared the head, as those learned in plant lore knew.
It was the first attempt to organize and classify plants, plant lore, and botanical morphology in Greece.
As a field of science, plant systematics came into being only slowly, early plant lore usually being treated as part of the study of medicine.
Few of those countries can regulate their folk healers or share their plant lore, which may be a miracle cure or a poison.
The oldest book source that Highlanders might refer to for plant lore is probably the Bible.
Despite Arghun's disappointed look, the Greek went searching for Tolui to talk about plant lore, something nearer his own heart.
Firstly, discussion of plant lore was reduced and with the increased medical content there emerged the official pharmacopoeia.
Herbals often explained plant lore, displaying a superstitious or spiritual side.