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botanica
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bo·tan·i·ca  (b-tn-k)
n.
A shop that sells herbs, charms, and other religious or spiritual items, especially those associated with Santeria.

[American Spanish botánica, from Greek botanik, feminine of botanikos, herbal; see botanical.]


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Today Santeria is prominent in the heavily immigrant neighborhoods in Los Angeles that have seen the steady rise of botanicas, storefronts that sell religious icons, candles, incense and herbs and where santeros sometimes practice and offer spiritual consultations.
Metallic mercury is available at almost all of the 15 botanicas visited in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, but botanica personnel often deny having mercury for sale when approached by outsiders to these religious and cultural traditions.
And that is just a sliver of the business done in Los Angeles, where psychic shops, botanicas and tarot readers operate out of homes and storefronts.
 
 
 
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