Jerusalem oak

noun

The weed Dysphania botrys, native to the Mediterranean region and naturalized in North America.

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wormseedJesuit's teaMexican teaepazotedrug wormseedfeather geraniumChenopodium botrysAtriplex mexicana
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Meanings

nounJerusalem oak (countable and uncountable, plural Jerusalem oaks)

plural Jerusalem oaks

  1. countableuncountableThe weed Dysphania botrys, native to the Mediterranean region and naturalized in North America.

    Synonyms: wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, epazote, drug wormseed

  2. countableuncountableThe herb epazote, Dysphania ambrosioides, native to the Americas.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe weed Dysphania botrys, native to the Mediterranean region and naturalized in North America.

Similar
wormseedJesuit's teaMexican teaepazotedrug wormseed

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
feather geraniumMexican teaChenopodium botrysAtriplex mexicana
Broader
goosefoot
Also see
epazotemexican teaoak of jerusalemwormseed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan bodris
  • bodristhe weed Dysphania botrys
German Klebriger Drüsengänsefuß
  • Klebriger Drüsengänsefußthe weed Dysphania botrys
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APA

Jerusalem oak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20oak

MLA

“Jerusalem oak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20oak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jerusalem oak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20oak.

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