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Fabiola

A name glossed through beans and flower.

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A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Orientation

At a Glance

  • The wordA name glossed through beans and flower.
  • In the bookFaba is a measure, despite its closely related-looking name, while Amygdale is an anatomical term in the dictionary’s surgical usage.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350.

Historical definition

Fabiola is the flower of beans.

Meaning

The definition gives a brief plant-related identification without describing a preparation or use. The historical wording is retained rather than expanded into a particular bean species or a medicinal action.

Use in the book

Faba is a measure, despite its closely related-looking name, while Amygdale is an anatomical term in the dictionary’s surgical usage. These examples reinforce the need to follow the supplied definition rather than infer a meaning solely from a familiar-looking word. Fabiola receives only the short bean-related gloss here.

Places to read

  1. FabiolaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. AmygdaleA surgical term for an outgrowth at the tongue’s root.
  3. FabaA fractional quantity measured against a scruple.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350 — Facsimile

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