Illustrated Bible History
Ancient Bible Customs - Plants
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Aged Olive Tree |
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| Illustration of an aged olive tree. The fruit of the olive is black when ripe, but is often picked when green, it is then eaten after soaking with brine or cooked with meat. | |
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Fruit Of Sycamore Fig |
| Illustration of the fruit of a sycamore fig. | |
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Sycamore Fig Tree |
| Illustration of the sycamore fig tree. | |
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Cedars Of Lebanon |
| Illustration of the tree called Cedars of Lebanon. | |
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Valonia Tree |
| The great prickly cupped oak or also called Valonia tree which was common in the Levant. The wood of this specie is of little value but the acorns form the valonia of commerce of which they were imported and was used by tanners. | |
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Plane Tree |
| Illustration of a plane tree. This tree was mentioned thrice in the bible, it was among the speckled rods which Jacob placed in the watering troughs before the sheep. | |
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Cypress Tree |
| The cypress trees. | |
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Saffron |
| Illustration of the saffron plant. | |
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Ruta Graveolens |
| The medicinal plant ruta graveolens. |