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Seed Herb

Explore 1 seed herb entries and compare their symbolic meanings across named religious, mythic, folkloric, and modern spiritual traditions.

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Herb · Seed Herb

Mustard

Brassica and Sinapis species

A pungent plant with tiny seeds used in religious teaching to express disproportionate growth, faith, death’s universality, and practical wisdom.

Christian traditionThe great reach of a small beginning and active faith

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