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sycamine

sycamine noun: a tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.

Noun

sycamine (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 of sycamine

Forms of sycamine

pluralsycamines

Origin of sycamine

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

Questions about sycamine

What does sycamine mean?
Sycamine means a tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.
What part of speech is sycamine?
Sycamine is a noun.
What is the plural of sycamine?
The plural of sycamine is sycamines.

Words near sycamine in the dictionary

  1. sybos
  2. sybow
  3. sybows
  4. SYBUNT
  5. SYBUNTs
  6. sycamine
  7. sycamines
  8. sycamore
  9. sycamore lace bug
  10. sycamore lace bugs
  11. sycamore maple

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