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noun
a tree mentioned in the
new testament
, probably the black mulberry.
Origin:
1520–30;
<
Latin
sȳcamīnus
<
Greek
sȳkámīnos
<
Semitic;
compare
Hebrew
shiqmāh
mulberry tree, sycamore (
Greek
form with
ȳ
influenced by
sŷkon
fig)
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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sycamine
(ˈsɪkəˌmaɪn)
—
n
a mulberry tree mentioned in the Bible, thought to be the black mulberry,
Morus nigra
[C16: from Latin
sӯcamīnus,
from Greek
sukaminon,
from Hebrew
shiqmāh
]
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