Brassadella

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Two names identified with adder’s-tongue.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 11; facsimile PDF page 339.

Historical Definition

Brassadella, or Brassatella, is adder’s-tongue.

Meaning

The principal help is lexical: the two historical spellings lead to one identifying plant name. The entry does not specify a part, locality or preparation, so those details should remain open until supplied by the passage being read. Nor does the name alone authorize a medicinal or symbolic interpretation.

Keeping both forms in the index makes the short definition more usable without adding unsupported matter. Where a text describes an extraction, an application or a resemblance, its own evidence can then be discussed separately from this basic identification.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 11; facsimile PDF page 339 — Facsimile

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