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Definition of Salvadora persica
1. Noun. Glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt.
Group relationships: Genus Salvadora, Salvadora
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salvadora Persica
Literary usage of Salvadora persica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1863)
"Notwithstanding all that has been advanced by Royle, the Salvadora persica is
certainly not the tree in question. In the first place this tree is a tropical ..."
2. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1849)
"It has therefore been ascertained beyond doubt that the Salvadora persica is
found in Palestine, in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea; and I think, ..."
3. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1849)
"It has therefore been ascertained beyond doubt that the Salvadora persica is
found in Palestine, in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea; and I think, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"Dr. Koyle thus sums up his arguments in favour of the Salvadora persica representing
the mustard-tree of Scripture: — "The S. persica appeal's better ..."
5. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1827)
"In that work the following interesting remarks on the Salvadora persica are given,
which will be found to coincide entirely with what Captains Irby and ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1844)
"... or the Salvadora persica, the mustard-tree of Scripture. It is a large tree,*
has seeds smaller than a grain of black pepper, an aromatic smell, ..."
7. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1827)
"In that work the following interesting remarks on the Salvadora persica are given,
which will be found to coincide entirely with what Captains Irby and ..."
8. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1863)
"Notwithstanding all that has been advanced by Royle, the Salvadora persica is
certainly not the tree in question. In the first place this tree is a tropical ..."
9. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1849)
"It has therefore been ascertained beyond doubt that the Salvadora persica is
found in Palestine, in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea; and I think, ..."
10. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1849)
"It has therefore been ascertained beyond doubt that the Salvadora persica is
found in Palestine, in the neighbourhood of the Dead Sea; and I think, ..."
11. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"Dr. Koyle thus sums up his arguments in favour of the Salvadora persica representing
the mustard-tree of Scripture: — "The S. persica appeal's better ..."
12. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1827)
"In that work the following interesting remarks on the Salvadora persica are given,
which will be found to coincide entirely with what Captains Irby and ..."
13. The Gentleman's Magazine (1844)
"... or the Salvadora persica, the mustard-tree of Scripture. It is a large tree,*
has seeds smaller than a grain of black pepper, an aromatic smell, ..."
14. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1827)
"In that work the following interesting remarks on the Salvadora persica are given,
which will be found to coincide entirely with what Captains Irby and ..."