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Gumicula

A plant name directly referred to valerian.

From the book

A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Orientation

At a Glance

  • The wordA plant name directly referred to valerian.
  • In the bookHinicula explicitly includes genicula and gumicula among its alternative names and likewise identifies valerian.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 24; facsimile PDF page 352.

Historical definition

Gumicula is valerian.

Meaning

The identification gives no part of the plant, preparation or medical action. Its scope is recognition of a name rather than explanation of a remedy.

Use in the book

Hinicula explicitly includes genicula and gumicula among its alternative names and likewise identifies valerian. That gives this entry a direct internal cross-reference. The modernised wording preserves the common plant name without adding a modern species or a use that neither definition supplies.

Places to read

  1. GumiculaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. HiniculaThree explicit names referred to valerian.

Source note

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

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