| 单词 | philosophers' tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasphilosophers' tree philosophers' tree n. now historical (a) a symbolical tree representing the growth of alchemical knowledge or the development of alchemical processes; (b) = tree of Diana n. at tree n. Compounds 3b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > mercury alloys or amalgam argenture1576 magnesia1651 amalgam1665 philosophers' tree1692 philosophical tree1703 quick1852 native amalgam1875 1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica iii. xiii. 488 So that every good and wise Man may happily gather those desirable Apples of the Hesperides from this our Philosophers Tree. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Philosophers Tree, see Diana's Tree. 1948 W. R. Benet Reader's Encycl. 993 Saturn's tree, an alchemist's name for the tree of Diana, or philosopher's tree. 2000 R. A. Clack Marriage Heaven & Earth iv. 65 The garden of the philosophers..recapitulates ‘the wholeness of paradise,’ and its centerpiece, the arbor philosophica (the philosophers' tree), symbolically links heaven and earth. < as lemmas |
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