Sycamore
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- sycamore: Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore (i.e. the sycamore fig, Ficus sycomorus)
- sycamore: the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus (Luke 19.1-9) begins with him in this tree, and ends with him giving away his wealth → have all you want
- sycamore: In Egyptian mythology, Osiris’s corpse was concealed in a tomb of sycamore wood, shaded by sycamore trees (probably because the tree was a tree of healing, being the source of numerous ancient Egyptian medicines)