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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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Citrinula

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A plant name with an attributed blister-producing effect.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344.

Historical Definition

Citrinula is a blistering herb called crowfoot.

Meaning

The identifying name and the reported effect both belong to the definition. Crowfoot supplies the plant vocabulary; “blistering” characterizes what the historical author attributes to it. The entry gives no species, plant part or preparation that would justify a narrower botanical determination.

The spelling must also be kept distinct from Citrinulum and Citrinulus. Those neighbouring terms are defined as a salt and a crystal, respectively. Their similar appearance is a lookup difficulty, not evidence that they name the same substance.

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Citrinulum. A vitriol-derived salt identified through transparency and preparation.

Citrinulus. A crystal identified through a pale appearance.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 16; facsimile PDF page 344 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Citrinula ; compare Citrinulum, Citrinulus

See also. Citrinulum; Citrinulus

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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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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.