Found 2 items, similar to Jerusalem thorn.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Jerusalem thorn
Jerusalem thorn
n 1: thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit [syn:
Christ's-thorn,
Paliurus spina-christi]
2: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn:
jujube,
jujube bush
,
Christ's-thorn,
Ziziphus jujuba]
3: large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate
leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented
racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or
hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America
but naturalized in southern United States [syn:
horsebean,
Parkinsonia aculeata]
4: East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and
yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black
catechu [syn:
catechu,
Acacia catechu]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jerusalem thorn
Jerusalem
\Je*ru"sa*lem\ (j[-e]*r[udd]"s[.a]*l[e^]m), n. [Gr.
'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y[e^]r[=u]sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
[1913 Webster]
Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See
Gyre,
Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(
Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two
species of
Solanum (
Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and
Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (
Chenopodium Botrys
), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(
Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(
Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
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