The Trees and Plants Mentioned in the Bible

allusions aloes ancient appears Arabs aromatic asherah Assyrian Authorized Version balm barley bdellium beauty Bible blossoms botanical botanists Canon Tristram cassia cedar colour cultivated cypress date palm denote desert Deut E. A. WALLIS BUDGE East Egypt Egyptian Exod Ezek fig tree flowers forest forms fragrant frankincense fruit galbanum gardens genus Gilead grass Greek grove grows Hebrew herbs hills hyssop Isaiah Israelites Jewish Jordan valley Josephus Kings known land leaves Lebanon lily linen medicine mentioned modern myrrh native nettles Nile odour ointment Old Testament olive Palestine palm parable passage perfume pine plain plant Pliny pomegranate probably prophet Psalm references rendered Romans rose sacred saffron says Scripture seeds Septuagint shrub Solomon ii Song of Solomon Southern Europe species spices spikenard sweet symbol Syria terebinth thistles thorns translated vegetable vine Virgil wheat wild wood word writers xxvii yields