sycamine

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noun

A tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.

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sycamore
OriginLatin sȳcamīnus ← Ancient Greek σῡκάμῑνος ← Hebrew שִׁקְמָה →
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Meanings

nounsycamine (plural sycamines)

plural sycamines

  1. A tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.

    The lorde ſayde: yf ye had fayth lyke a grayne off muſtard ſede / and ſhulde ſaye vnto thys ſycamyne tree / plucke thy ſilfe vppe by the rotes / and plant thy ſilfe in the ſee: he ſhoulde obey you.

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke xvij:[6], folio ciiij, verso

    Synonyms: sycamore

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.

Similar
sycamore

Origin

  1. Hebrewשִׁקְמָה“sycamore”
  2. Ancient Greekσῡκάμῑνος
  3. Latinsȳcamīnus
  4. Englishsycamine

From Latin sȳcamīnus, from Ancient Greek σῡκάμῑνος (sūkámīnos), from Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (shikmá, “sycamore”) (with assimilation to σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”)).

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Translations

German Maulbeerbaum
  • Maulbeerbauma type of tree
Māori hikamaina
  • hikamainaa type of tree
Polish figowiec sykomora, figowiec
  • figowiec sykomoraa type of tree
  • figowieca type of tree
  • fikusa type of tree
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