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hikamora

1. (loan) (noun) sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus - a large maple tree. Also in the Bible a fig tree growing in Egypt, Syria, etc.

Nā meinga ana te hiriwa e te kīngi ki Hiruhārama kia rite ki te kōhatu; i meinga anō e ia ngā hita kia rite ki te hikamora i te raorao te tini (PT 1Kingi 10:27). / The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

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