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Matthew 23:23

Matthew 23:23

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anise: Gr. ανηθον: strong:G432, dill. Dill is a species of plant of the pentandria digynia: class, growing native in Spain and Portugal. The root is fusiform: and long; stems, erect-groved, jointed, branched, and about two feet in height; leaves, doubly pinnated, sweet and odorous; flowers, flat, terminal umbels:; corolla, five ovate, concave, yellow petals, with apexes inflected; germen:, like that of fennel; seeds, scarcely the length of a carraway seed, but broader and flatter, of a brown colour, aromatic, sweetish odour, and warmish, pungent taste.

cummin: Gr. κυμινομ: strong:G2951 Cummin is a plant of the same class as dill. It rises eight or ten inches on a slender round procumbent, branching stem; leaves, a dark green, narrow, linear, and pointed; flowers, purple, in numerous four rayed umbels; corolla, five unequal petals, inflected, and notched at the apex; seeds, oblong, striated, of a brown colour, strong, heavy odour, and warm, bitterish taste.

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