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PINE TREE.—1. ‘çts-shemen, Neh_8:15, see Oil Tree. 2. tidhâr. Isa_41:19 [RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘plane’] 60:13. From similarity to the Syr. daddâr (‘elm’), the tidhâr has been supposed to be the elm, but quite as probably may have been a kind of pine; of these the two common varieties known in Syria are the Aleppo or maritime (Pinus halepensis), and the stone (P. pinea) with its umbrella-like top.
E. W. G. Masterman.