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luz

The English word “luz” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.
  2. The almond tree

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew לוּז (luz, “almond”).

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