Jerusalem oak

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Origin of Jerusalem oak

First recorded in 1750–60

Words nearby Jerusalem oak

Jerusalem, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem cherry, Jerusalem cricket, Jerusalem cross, Jerusalem oak, Jerusalem syndrome, Jerusalem thorn, Jervis Bay, Jespersen, jess

How to use Jerusalem oak in a sentence

“The influence of the oak maturation casks on the final character of The Macallan is vital,” says MacPherson.
How Much Do Whisky Casks Really Affect Taste?||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Spanish oak, which has an open grain and high levels of tannin, gives you dried fruit, spice, and even chocolate flavors.
How Much Do Whisky Casks Really Affect Taste?||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has just emerged from one of the many homes that sit on top of a small hill in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Tur.
In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge|Creede Newton|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About 300,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, and their relationship to the state is an almost perfect dance of denial.
After the Israel Synagogue Massacre: A New Intifada?|Michael Tomasky|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On top of that, there are the increasing numbers of Jewish settlers moving into East Jerusalem.
After the Israel Synagogue Massacre: A New Intifada?|Michael Tomasky|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Isabel sat on the bench under an ancient oak for half an hour or more, but took no note of the time.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
An oak gallery runs round two sides of the hall and descends in broad and gentle stairs down the right side of it.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
My smithy lies yonder, beyond that turn of the road and behind the biggest oak tree in the country.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Dorothy lighted a candle, and led the way up the wide oak staircase at the bottom of the hall to the chambers above.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
She led the way into a tiny parlour, very clean, very simple with its furniture of old oak and brass, and bade him sit.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for Jerusalem oak

Jerusalem oak

noun

a weedy North American chenopodiaceous plant, Chenopodium botrys, that has lobed leaves and smells of turpentine

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