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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Geluta

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A plant identified by the historical name Chameleon.

In the book. Coruscus and Haro likewise identify plants through short names, mouse-ear and a kind of fern.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 24; facsimile PDF page 352.

Historical Definition

Geluta is the herb called Chameleon.

Meaning

The entry is botanical in its wording: it calls the subject an herb. The name should therefore not be assigned to an animal merely from its familiar appearance. No description, part or medical action is provided.

Use in the Book

Coruscus and Haro likewise identify plants through short names, mouse-ear and a kind of fern. Such identifications are useful guides to historical vocabulary, but they do not automatically settle modern species. Geluta’s stated information remains the herb and its supplied common name.

Places to Read

Coruscus. A plant identified by the common name mouse-ear.

Haro. An unspecified kind of fern.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 24; facsimile PDF page 352 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Geluta

See also. Coruscus; Haro

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The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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