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Sycamine
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SYCAMINE, the familiar black mulberry (Morus nigra), which is still called in Greece sycamenea. Luke 17:6. Both the black and white species are now largely cultivated in Syria to feed silkworms. The mulberry belongs to the same natural order of plants with the sycamore and the fig. See Mulberry.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SYCAMINE, the familiar black mulberry (Morus nigra), which is still called in Greece sycamenea. Luke 17:6. Both the black and white species are now largely cultivated in Syria to feed silkworms. The mulberry belongs to the same natural order of plants with the sycamore and the fig. See Mulberry.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
See Sycamore.