Color Cypress

Cypress. With separate staminate catkin. Click
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Description of the Botanical Coloring Page: Cypress  translation  of  the  Hebrew word  tirzah  (Isaiah  44:  14),  rendered  by  the  revisers holm-tree  (Quercus ilex).  In  other  places  the  revisers have  introduced  cypress  into  the  margin  as the  translation  of  berosh,  usually  rendered "fir" [q.v.] There  seems  no  ground  for  introducing the  holm-oak  into  the  text  in  Isaiah.  The  cypress (Cupressus  sempervirens)  is  a  common  tree  in the  uplands  of  the Middle East,  producing  a  compact and  very  durable  wood.  A  variety  of  the  same species  (with  the  conical  appearance  of  the  Irish yew)  is  planted  everywhere  in  Eastern  cemeteries.

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