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Thyine-Wood
People's Dictionary of the Bible
Thyine-wood. A kind of cedar growing in Spain, and on the coast of Africa. It was the Citrum or citron-wood of the Romans, the Thuja articulata of Linnæus. It was frequently employed to give fragrance to sacrifices. Revelation 18:12, margin, sweet. The tree grows to the height of 30 feet, or even more, and resembles the cypress in its boughs, leaves, and fruit.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Thyine-Wood'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​t/thyine-wood.html. 1893.