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noun

Jerusalem n. 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.

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Etymology of 'Jerusalem'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jerusalem" Quotes from Famous Books

... who sent his son Titus to besiege Jerusalem— became emperor in 69. The war was carried on with great energy, and by ...

— A Short History of Wales • Owen M. Edwards

... Jerusalem the golden, With milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed. I know not, O I know not, What social joys are there! What radiancy of glory, ...

— The World's Best Poetry Volume IV. • Bliss Carman

... to throw a stone; whereupon His stone became changed into a six-winged dove, and fluttered away towards the Temple of Jerusalem. And, next, the impotent devils strove to do the same; until at length, when they saw that Christ could not in any wise be tempted, Zmiulan, the ...

— Through Russia • Maxim Gorky

... some great principle, some purpose that becomes a holy passion, something that leads you, like one of long ago who "steadfastly set His face to go up to Jerusalem," then all power is yours. The man who has faith to remove mountains always finds the picks and the steam shovels somewhere. He takes the tools he has, though they may seem but toys beside his task, and lo! some morning when the dreamers awake the mountain is no longer ...

— Levels of Living - Essays on Everyday Ideals • Henry Frederick Cope

... that, according to the legend, the Wandering Jew was a shoemaker at Jerusalem. The Saviour, carrying his cross, passed before the house of the artisan, and asked him to be allowed to rest an instant on the stone bench at his door. "Go on! go on!" said the Jew harshly, pushing him away. "Thou shalt go on till the end of time," answered the Saviour, in a stern though sorrowful ...

— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

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