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† 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. |