Just a stray thought. Why fish for months when there are 12? If the text of the large plants section is medical, and in any way follows the traditional four humors ideology, then it should should subscribe to the cross-pairing of pairs.
Traditional example in medieval medicine:
Temperature: hot or cold
Moisture: Wet or dry
Cross-paired pairs: hot & wet, hot & dry; cold & wet, cold & dry.
It needn't be a specific example, but as a general structure it would tend to indicate sense more than nonsense.
And it only takes four vords.
Traditional example in medieval medicine:
Temperature: hot or cold
Moisture: Wet or dry
Cross-paired pairs: hot & wet, hot & dry; cold & wet, cold & dry.
It needn't be a specific example, but as a general structure it would tend to indicate sense more than nonsense.
And it only takes four vords.