Adjacent Words
SXLSXP
SXQ
SXS
SY
SYA
Syb
Sybaris
sybarite
Sybaritic
Sybaritical
sybaritically
sybaritism
Sycamine tree
SYCAMINE, TREE
Sycamore
sycamore fig
Sycamore-moth
syce
sycee
Sychar
Sychem
SYCHEM
Sycamine definitions
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SYCAMINE. [See Sycamore.]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: Latin sycaminus, from Greek sykaminos, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew shiqm?h mulberry tree, sycamore Date: 1526 a tree of the Bible that is usually considered a mulberry (Morus nigra)
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. Bibl. the black mulberry tree, Morus nigra (see Luke
17:6; in modern versions translated as 'mulberry tree'). Etymology: L sycaminus f. Gk sukaminos mulberry-tree f. Heb. sikmah sycamore, assim. to Gk sukon fig
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Sycamine Syc"a*mine, n. [L. sycaminus, Gr. ?; perhaps of Semitic origin.] See Sycamore.
