sycamine

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sycamine (plural sycamines)

1. A tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.

   Synonym: sycamore

   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVII:

     The lorde sayde: yf ye had fayth lyke a grayne off mustard sede, and shulde saye unto thys sycamyne tree, plucke thysilfe uppe by the rotes, and plant thysilfe in the see: he shoulde obey you.

Translations

a type of tree

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• Maori: hikamaina

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) sȳcamīne

1. vocative singular of sȳcamīnus