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  2. List of plants in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    For plants whose identities are unconfirmed or debated the most probable species is listed first. Plants named in the Old Testament ( Hebrew Bible or Tenakh ) are given with their Hebrew name, while those mentioned in the New Testament are given with their Greek names.

  3. Iris atrofusca - Wikipedia

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    Iris atrofusca (Judean iris or Gilead iris) is a species in the genus Iris, where it is placed in the subgenus Iris and the section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial from the deserts of Israel/Palestine and Jordan. The species has long falcate (sickle-shaped) or ensiform (sword-shaped) leaves, a long thick stem and large fragrant ...

  4. Iris mesopotamica - Wikipedia

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    Later Brian Mathew, then altered Iris × germanica to include other tall 48-chromosome tetraploids, including Iris cypriana, Iris mesopotamica, and Iris trojana. Iris kashmiriana and Iris croatica are also connected with this group. [21] Some authors still regard Iris mesopotamica as a form of Iris × germanica. [12] [24] But others disagree ...

  5. Iris atropurpurea - Wikipedia

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    Iris atropurpurea, the coastal iris (Hebrew: אירוס הארגמן, Irus HaArgaman, meaning "Purple Iris"; Arabic: سوسن أرجواني داكن, Sawsan argwānī al-dākin) is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris and in the section Oncocyclus. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Israel. It has glaucous (blue ...

  6. Iris petrana - Wikipedia

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    It has the common name of Petra iris, [16] [11] [9] and it is written in the Hebrew script as איריס הנגב . [11] It is named after Petra (the historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan). Other plants similarly named are Kickxia petrana Danin (now known as Nanorrhinum petranum (Danin) Yousefi & Zarre), [17] and Origanum ...

  7. Incense offering in rabbinic literature - Wikipedia

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    This opinion, however, seems to be rejected by the translators of the Greek Septuagint (LXX), on Exo. 30:24, as well as by Josephus, who translated the Hebrew word קדה ‎ = qidah (cassia), used in compounding the anointing oil, as ΊΡΕΩΣ, meaning the "iris plant," or in some translations rendered as the "oil of cassia." [101]

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  9. Iris palaestina - Wikipedia

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    It is also known as the Palestine iris, [2] and it is known in Hebrew as איריס ארץ-ישראלי (iris eretz Israeli). [4] Iris palestina was first found in Mesopotamia, part of Syria, and it was first published in Flora Orientalis by Pierre Edmond Boissier in July 1882. [10] It was originally thought to be a variety of Iris vartanii. [3]