A Chymical Dictionary

Karlina

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A plant name equated here with wild dill.

In the book. Laudina and Peucedamum likewise use familiar herb names as equivalents.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356.

Historical Definition

Karlina is wild dill.

Meaning

The dictionary gives a vernacular botanical equivalent. It supplies no description of leaves, flowers or habitat by which a specimen could be identified independently. The name should be preserved as a historical identification rather than expanded into a botanical description absent from the source.

Use in the Book

Laudina and Peucedamum likewise use familiar herb names as equivalents. Their brevity shows the compiler’s expectation that a reader will recognise a plant through an already known name.

Places to Read

Laudina. A herb name equated with angelica.

Peucedamum. A plant identified through the English angelica name.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 28; facsimile PDF page 356 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 356, Karlina

See also. Laudina; Peucedamum