Aroph

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A historical name identifying mandrake.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 7; facsimile PDF page 335.

Historical Definition

Aroph is mandrake.

Meaning

The entry gives a plant identification without specifying the part employed or a preparation. It should therefore function as a route to the named plant, not as an unstated account of its powers. A passage may concern a root, a prepared product or another feature, but the dictionary has not decided among those possibilities. Preserving Aroph as a searchable name makes the original vocabulary usable while avoiding the addition of unsupported medicinal or legendary claims.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 7; facsimile PDF page 335 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Aroph