parkinsonia aculeata

3 definitions found

parkinsonia aculeata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]