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sycamine arch.|ˈsɪkəmɪn, -aɪn| [ad. Gr. σῡκάµῑνον mulberry, -ος mulberry tree (late L. sycamīnus), ad. Heb. shiqmah (Aram. pl. shiqmīn), with assimilation to σῦκον fig.] The common black mulberry, Morus nigra.
1526Tindale Luke xvii. 6 Yf ye..shulde saye vnto thys sycamyne tree [so 1611] plucke thy silfe vppe by the rotes and plant thy silfe in the see. [1849Balfour Man. Bot. §1023 The Mulberry is the συκάµινος, or Sycamine-tree of the New Testament.] |