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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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Gumicula

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Gumicula

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A plant name directly referred to valerian.

In the book. Hinicula explicitly includes genicula and gumicula among its alternative names and likewise identifies valerian.

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

Historical Definition

Gumicula is valerian.

Meaning

The identification gives no part of the plant, preparation or medical action. Its scope is recognition of a name rather than explanation of a remedy.

Use in the Book

Hinicula explicitly includes genicula and gumicula among its alternative names and likewise identifies valerian. That gives this entry a direct internal cross-reference. The modernised wording preserves the common plant name without adding a modern species or a use that neither definition supplies.

Places to Read

Hinicula. Three explicit names referred to valerian.

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

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

See also. Hinicula

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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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