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Plants of the Bible, Missouri Botanical Garden; Project "Bibelgarten im Karton" (biblical garden in a cardboard box) of a social and therapeutic horticultural group (handicapped persons) named "Flowerpower" from Germany; List of biblical gardens in Europe; Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Plants in the Bible" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York ...
It appears also in Luke 17:6 and 19:4 of the Bible. The Hebrew word for the tree is shiḳmah (sing.) ( Hebrew : שקמה ), shiḳmīn (pl.) ( Hebrew : שקמין ), [ 4 ] having nearly the same phonemes in Greek ( συκομορέα sykomorea ) [ 5 ] Others, however, identify the tree as mulberry tree, found in two species, the Black Mulberry ...
Mulberry leaves, particularly those of the white mulberry, are ecologically important as the sole food source of the silkworm (Bombyx mori, named after the mulberry genus Morus), the cocoon of which is used to make silk.
Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times. [ 2 ]
In 2012, the USCCB "announced a plan to revise the New Testament of the New American Bible Revised Edition so a single version can be used for individual prayer, catechesis and liturgy." [ 8 ] After they developed a plan and budget for the revision project, work began in 2013 with the creation of an editorial board made up of five people from ...
Afromorus mesozygia, known as black mulberry or African mulberry, is the only species in the genus Afromorus. The plant is a small- to medium-sized forest tree of Tropical Africa . Its leaves and fruit provide food for the mantled guereza , a colobus monkey native to much of Tropical Africa, [ 1 ] and for the common chimpanzee of West and ...
Morus alba, known as white mulberry, common mulberry and silkworm mulberry, [2] is a fast-growing, small to medium-sized mulberry tree which grows to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) tall. It is generally a short-lived tree with a lifespan comparable to that of humans, although there are some specimens known to be more than 250 years old. [ 3 ]
Acer morifolium, the mulberry-leaf maple, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae. [3] It is endemic to the island of Yakushima , Japan. [ 2 ] A tree reaching 10 m (33 ft), it is found in forests from sea level up to the highest point on the island; 1,936 m (6,350 ft).