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Definition of Jerusalem oak

1. Noun. Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerusalem Oak

Literary usage of Jerusalem oak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"See Oak of Jerusalem. Oak, Maiden. See Maiden Oak. Oak, Sea. ... Sometimes called Jerusalem oak. Treas. Bot. Oar-weed. See Ore. Oat, or more generally Oats, ..."

2. J. M. Nickell's Botanical Ready Reference (1880)
"Jesuit Tea. Jerusalem Tea. Goosefoot. Jerusalem oak. Jerusalem Jak. Fruit, ant. Yields Oil Wormseed. ... Jerusalem oak. Oak of Jerusalem. Feather Geranium. ..."

3. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"... tuberosa : the tubers have a culinary value, and the stems abound in useful fibre. JESSE, a large branched candlestick. Jerusalem oak, я name for the ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Chenopodium; wormseed; Jerusalem oak. Annual, sometimes perennial, herb, ... Jerusalem oak. Annual herb, about 2 feet high, introduced from Europe; ..."

5. Gunn's domestic medicine, or, Poor man's friend, in the hours of affliction by John C. Gunn (1860)
"Jerusalem oak. FROM this plant (which grows plentifully in most parts of our country, and too well known by almost every person to require a description) ..."

6. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1888)
"Jerusalem oak. Chenopodium Botrys, Linne. (Leaves.) Synonyms.- Worm=eed. ... Jerusalem oak leaves, compressed in ounce packages for retailing purposes. ..."

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