sycamine

[ sik-uh-min, -mahyn ]

noun

1. a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.

sycamine

/ ˈsɪkəˌmaɪn /

noun

1. a mulberry tree mentioned in the Bible, thought to be the black mulberry, Morus nigra

Word History and Origins

Origin of sycamine¹

1520–30; < Latin sȳcamīnus < Greek sȳkámīnos < Semitic; compare Hebrew shiqmāh mulberry tree, sycamore ( Greek form with ȳ influenced by sŷkon fig)

Word History and Origins

Origin of sycamine¹

C16: from Latin sӯcamīnus, from Greek sukaminon, from Hebrew shiqmāh

Example Sentences

And the Lord' said, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

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Phanias of Eresus, the pupil of Aristotle, calls the fruit of the wild sycamine μόρον, or mulberry, being a fruit of the greatest sweetness and delicacy when it is ripe.

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But Andreas the physician says that there are loaves in Sicily made of the sycamine, and that those who eat them lose their hair and become bald.

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Thereupon John nobly closed with him for another half-hour’s rubbing, which had a decided effect, and after giving him some breakfast, we carried him out and made a comfortable bed for him under the Sycamine tree, and there left him with the library and all his belongings in easy reach.

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We spent the morning in quiet Sunday fashion, chiefly in lying under the shade of an awning made with rugs which we call the ‘sycamine tree,’ and eating wimberries and cream.

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