“phytognomy”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

phytognomy

释义

† phyˈtognomy Obs.
[Formed on the analogy of physiognomy, after the mod.L. Phytognomonica of J. Baptista Porta (1583): see phyto- and gnomic.]
The alleged art of discovering the qualities of a plant from its appearance; vegetable physiognomy. Hence † phytoˈgnomical a.
[1583Porta (title) Phytognomonica..in quibus nova facillimaque affertur methodus, qua plantarum..ex prima extimæ faciei inspectione quivis abditas vires assequatur.]1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. ii. §2, I hold moreover that there is a Phytognomy, or Physiognomy, not onely of men, but of Plants, and Vegetables.1646― Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 93 Whoever shall peruse the signatures of Crollius, or rather the Phytognomy of Porta.1653R. Sanders Physiogn. b ij, In Phytognomical Physiognomie we may observe certain plants resembling the heads of Animals.

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