Definition: jerusalem sage

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Jerusalem sage
     n : a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for
         dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers [syn: Jerusalem
         sage, Phlomis fruticosa]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Y?r?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.

   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
      either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum
      and S. 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.