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| Mustard. With a separate fruit, a fruit in section, and a seed. Click on image to download largest size. |
Description of Botanical Coloring Page: Mustard is mentioned only in a parable of the Lord (Mat. 13. 31, 32), where the largeness of the plant grown from the very small seed is used as an illustration of the increase of the kingdom of heaven. It is, no doubt, the annual herb from which is obtained the mustard used as a condiment. This grows in Palestine, and attains a greater height in the East than in more temperate countries. It has been suggested that the small tree Salvadora persica which has a pungent fruit, might be the mustard of Scripture, and it has consequently received the name of "mustard-tree." This tree is found in Palestine only around the Dead Sea, being a native of regions farther east. The common mustard meets all the requirements of the text, while the mustard-tree could not be spoken of as "the greatest among herbs."
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