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Jerusalem thorn
Jerusalem Je*ru"sa*lem, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Y?r?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. 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 either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum and S. 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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- Jerusalem thorn is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Paliurus spina-christi, a shrub native to the Eastern Hemisphere Parkinsonia aculeata...
- are available to tourists from shops in Jerusalem. The three Biblical gospels that mention the crown of thorns do not say what happened to it after the...
- Paliurus spina-christi, commonly known as Jerusalem thorn, garland thorn, Christ's thorn, or crown of thorns, is a species of Paliurus native to the Mediterranean...
- Common names include palo verde, Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia, Jerusalem thorn, jelly bean tree, palo de rayo, and retama. The genus name Parkinsonia...
- Tree Hydrangea Indian Ash Tree Indian Bay Leaf Indrajao Java Olive Jerusalem Thorn Jhand Kakkar Kanak Champa Large Leaf Looking Gl**** Tree Lobed-leaf...
- (Rhamnaceae), also known as Christ's Thorn or Jerusalem Thorn See also: Gundelia tournefortii (a thistle-like plant) Crown of Thorns (album), an album by Rakaa...
- avelei Θ™ion (Mourners of Zion) or Shoshanim (Lilies(among the thorns)) Adrian J. Boas, Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades, Routledge 2001, pp. 14, 35. Hull...
- Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern. The film's plot follows Damien Thorn, a young child replaced at birth by his father, unbeknownst to his wife...
- around Jerusalem, as well as in the Hajar Mountains of the Sultanate of Oman. By some myths, it was the tree from which Jesus' crown of thorns was made...
- found there are carob, mastic, Mount Tabor oak, Christ's Thorn, Palestine oak, and Jerusalem thorn. The nature reserve derives its name from Mount Qotz (292...