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1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §2 I hold moreover that there is a Phytognomy, or Physiognomy, not onely of men, but of Plants, and Vegetables. View more context for this quotation

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 93 Whoever shall peruse the signatures of Crollius, or rather the Phytognomy of Porta. View more context for this quotation

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια Isagoge sig. **10^v Now follow occult Qualities [of a plant]; By Phytognomy or signature. I. Phytopticall or externall, either in forme, colour, or property [etc.].

1971 J. R. Ravetz Sci. Knowl. & Social Probl. xiv. 364 The list of modern pseudo-sciences was fixed during the seventeenth century; it included astrology, alchemy, geomancy..and phytognomy (ascription of medicinal powers to plants by their suggestive shapes, as developed in folk traditions).

2003 Economist (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 22 Feb. (Books & Art section) Physiognomy and phytognomy, for example, by which plants and animals had assigned to them particular powers or properties on the basis of resemblance to various parts of the human body, were soon revealed in all their inadequacy.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie Pref. sig. B2 In Phytognomical Physiognomie we may observe certain plants resembling the heads of Animals.