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BOTANOMANCY

\bˈɒtɐnˌɒmənsi], \bˈɒtɐnˌɒmənsi], \b_ˈɒ_t_ɐ_n_ˌɒ_m_ə_n_s_i]\

Definitions of BOTANOMANCY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Divination by fig and other leaves.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Divination [Gr.] by means of plants, flowers [grass], practised by the ancients to discover their loves ; and by Teutonic nations; e.g. Marguerite and the star-flowers in Faust.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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