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Coriander

CORIANDER, a small round Seed, of a good scent. Moses says, that the Manna which God gave the Israelites in the Wilderness, as to the form of it, was like Exod. xvi. 31. Num. xi. 8.Coriander seed; as to its colour, was white, or the colour of Bdellium, as Moses describes it in those very places, where he compares it with Coriander seed.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Coriander,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/c/coriander/.

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