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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA plant identified by the common name mouse-ear.
- In the bookDracunculus is glossed as adder’s-tongue, another common plant name drawing on an animal comparison.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346.
Historical definition
Coruscus is mouse-ear.
Meaning
The definition is a short identification by a common plant name. It provides neither a description of the plant nor a distinction among plants that another historical author might call mouse-ear. Preserve the common name when a more precise identification has not been established.
Use in the book
Dracunculus is glossed as adder’s-tongue, another common plant name drawing on an animal comparison. The dictionary preserves such names as aids to recognition. It does not give the descriptive evidence needed to settle every modern botanical identification under Coruscus.
Places to read
- CoruscusRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- DracunculusA plant name linked with Brassatella and adder’s-tongue.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 18; facsimile PDF page 346 — Facsimile