Chestnut Tree

CHESTNUT TREE ( ‘armôn , Genesis 30:37 , Ezekiel 31:8 . RV [Note: Revised Version.] plane ). There is no doubt that the RV [Note: Revised Version.] is correct. The chestnut tree is only an exotic in Palestine, but the plane (Arab. [Note: Arabic.] dilb ) is one of the finest trees of the land. It attains great development; a wonderful specimen, which has a small room or shop within its hollow trunk, is to be seen in one of the streets of Damascus. The plane ( Planus orientalis ) peels its outer layers of bark annually, leaving a white streaky surface. It flourishes specially by watercourses ( Sir 24:14 ).

E. W. G. Masterman.