Sycamine tree
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The Sycamine tree is mentioned only in Luke 17:6. It is rendered by Luther "mulberry tree", which is most probably the correct rendering. It is found of two species, the black mulberry (Morus nigra) and the white mulberry (Mourea), which are common in Palestine. The silkworm feeds on their leaves. The rearing of them is one of the chief industries of the peasantry of Lebanon and of other parts of the land. It is in the same family as the fig-tree. Some contend, however, that this name denotes the sycamore-fig of Luke 19:4.
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This entry incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation.
