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Webster 1913 Edition


Sycamine

Syc′a-mine

,
Noun.
[L.
sycaminus
, Gr. [GREEK]; perhaps of Semitic origin.]
See
Sycamore
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sycamine

SYCAMINE.

[See Sycamore.]

Definition 2024


sycamine

sycamine

English

Noun

sycamine (plural sycamines)

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

Latin

Noun

sȳcamīne

  1. vocative singular of sȳcamīnus