Divination or fortune-telling using plants or their leaves, petals, etc.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by plants (4) botanomancy1610 Divination or fortune-telling using plants or their leaves, petals, etc. botanology1656 Divination by plants; the study of mystical properties ascribed to plants or flowers. Cf. botanomancy, n. rare (now historical). daphnomancy1656 ‘Divination by a Lawrel Tree’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656). Subcategories:— plant so used (1) |
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