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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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Genula

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A plant described through a claimed change in a transplanted parsnip.

In the book. Dardo concerns successive generation by propagation, whereas Genula gives a particular claimed alteration of a plant.

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

Historical Definition

Genula is a plant produced by the degeneration of a transplanted parsnip.

Meaning

The definition identifies the plant by an origin story rather than by visible features. A parsnip is transplanted, and the named plant is described as a degeneration from it. The dictionary does not state the conditions or describe what changes.

Use in the Book

Dardo concerns successive generation by propagation, whereas Genula gives a particular claimed alteration of a plant. The comparison helps distinguish a general account of generation from a specific botanical assertion. The edition retains that assertion as historical evidence without supplying a modern species identification or endorsing the proposed transformation.

Places to Read

Dardo. Generation understood as a continuing succession through propagation.

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

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

See also. Dardo

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About This Reading Edition

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.

About This Edition

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.