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syc⋅a⋅mine

  [sik-uh-min, -mahyn]
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–noun
a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
Origin:
1520–30; < L sȳcamīnus < Gk sȳkámīnos < Sem; cf. Heb shiqmāh mulberry tree, sycamore (Gk form with ȳ influenced by sŷkon fig)
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syc·a·mine   (sĭk'ə-mīn', -mĭn)   
n.  A tree mentioned in the New Testament, thought to be a species of mulberry.

[Latin sȳcamīnus, from Greek sūkamīnos, of Semitic origin; see šqm in Semitic roots.]
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