Cherva

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A plant name identified through Cataputia and spurge.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 15; facsimile PDF page 343.

Historical Definition

Cherva is Cataputia: that is, the herb spurge.

Meaning

The definition gives two linked identifying names. Cataputia is immediately explained by spurge, so the reader does not need to treat it as a second unexplained ingredient. Both names should remain findable beside Cherva.

The entry supplies no plant part, preparation or purpose. In a passage, those distinctions must be taken from the author’s actual description. A historical name family can include more than one practical form of a material, and this brief gloss does not support a precise botanical determination beyond the name it provides.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 15; facsimile PDF page 343 — Facsimile

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