Je*ru"sa*lem (j&esl;*r&udd;"s&adot;*l&ebreve;m), n. [Gr. 'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y&ebreve;rūshālaim.]
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
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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