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Webster 1913 Edition
Jerusalem
Je-ru′sa-lem
(jē̍-rṳ′sȧ-lĕm)
, Noun.
[Gr.
Ἰερουσαλήμ
, fr. Heb. Yĕrūshālaim
.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Jerusalem artichoke
(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.