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JERUSALEM OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jerusalem oak mean? 

JERUSALEM OAK (noun)
  The noun JERUSALEM OAK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JERUSALEM OAK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JERUSALEM OAK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Atriplex mexicana; Chenopodium botrys; feather geranium; Jerusalem oak; Mexican tea

Hypernyms ("Jerusalem oak" is a kind of...):

goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)


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