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People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Anise, a well-known annual herb, resembling caraway, etc., but more fragrant. The plant mentioned in Matthew 23:23 was no doubt the dill, which grows in Palestine, and was tithed by scrupulous Jews.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Anise'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/anise.html. 1893.
 
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