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Porosa
Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A plant name directly equated with St John’s wort.
In the book. Relloleum uses St John’s wort to distinguish a virtue associated with heat from another accidental and hidden virtue.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.
Historical Definition
Porosa is St John’s wort.
Meaning
The identification supplies an English plant name without a preparation or therapeutic purpose.
Use in the Book
Relloleum uses St John’s wort to distinguish a virtue associated with heat from another accidental and hidden virtue. That fuller discussion belongs to the corresponding conceptual entry, while Porosa supplies the short lexical identification.
Places to Read
Relloleum. A distinction between a manifest quality and an occult virtue.
Vegetabilia. Growing things described through rootedness and branching.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile
See also. Relloleum; Vegetabilia