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Parkinsonia aculeata
(gcide) | horsebean \horsebean\ n.
1. The seed of the broad-bean plant.
Syn: broad bean, fava bean.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A large shrub or shrubby tree (Parkinsonia aculeata)
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; originating in tropical
America but naturalized in the Southern U. S.
Syn: Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Parkinsonia aculeata
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
parkinsonia aculeata
(wn) | Parkinsonia aculeata
n 1: 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: {Jerusalem
thorn}, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata] |
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parkinsonia aculeata
(wn) | Parkinsonia aculeata
n 1: 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: {Jerusalem
thorn}, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata] |
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