* carved figures.
  Ex 36:8  2Ch 3:14  4:2-5  Ps 103:20  148:2  Lu 2:13,14  Eph 3:10 
  Re 5:11-14 
 * palm trees.
   {Tamar,} in Ethiopic, {tamart,} the palm tree, is so called,
   says Parkhurst, from its straight, upright growth, for which
   it seems more remarkable than any other tree; and it sometimes
   rises to the height of more than 100; feet.  The trunk is
   remarkably straight and lofty; and it is crowned at the top
   with a large tuft of spiring leaves, about four feet long,
   which never fall off, but always continue in the same
   flourishing verdure.  The stalks are generally full of rugged
   knots, which are vestiges of decayed leaves:  for the trunk of
   the tree is not solid, but its centre is filled with pith,
   round which is a tough bark full of strong fibres when young,
   which, as the tree becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous.
   To this bark the leaves are closely joined, which, as the tree
   becomes old, hardens and becomes ligneous.  To this bark the
   leaves are closely joined, which in the centre rise erect, but
   after they are advanced above the vagina which surrounds them,
   they expand very wide on every side of the stem, and as the
   older leaves decay, the stalk advances in height.  The leaves,
   when the tree has grown to a size for bearing fruit, are six
   or eight feet long, and very broad when expanded.  The fruit,
   called the date, grows below the leaves in clusters.

  Ps 92:12-15  Re 7:9 
 * open flowers.  Heb. openings of flowers.
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