Jerusalem oak

English

Dysphania botrys

Dysphania ambrosioides

Noun

Jerusalem oak (countable and uncountable, plural Jerusalem oaks)

1. The weed Dysphania botrys, native to the Mediterranean region and naturalized in North America.
2. The herb epazote, Dysphania ambrosioides, native to the Americas.

Synonyms

• (Dysphania ambrosoides): wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, epazote, drug wormseed

Translations

the weed Dysphania botrys

• Catalan: bodris m
• German: Klebriger Drüsengänsefuß m

epazote — see epazote