'Parkinsonia aculeata' definitions:

Definition of 'Parkinsonia aculeata'

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noun
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]

Definition of 'Parkinsonia aculeata'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Parkinsonia aculeata'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Parkinsonia aculeata'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]