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Camphire
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Concise Bible Dictionary: C
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George A. Morrish
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Lawsonia Inermis
A shrub whose flowers grow in bunches having a very sweet smell (
Song of Sol. 1:14
14
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi. (Song of Solomon 1:14)
;
Song of Sol. 4:13
13
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, (Song of Solomon 4:13)
). The Hebrew name is
kopher
, and the Arabs call it
henna
. A powder made of the leaves and flowers is mixed with water and used by the women to color the nails of their hands and feet.
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