solomon : Idioms & Phrases

(Bot.), any plant of the liliaceous genus Smilacina having small whitish flowers in terminal racemes or panicles.

noun North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers
Polygonatum biflorum; Polygonatum commutatum.

noun United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)
Bellow; Saul Bellow.

noun United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)
Guggenheim.

noun United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974)
Sol Hurok; Hurok.

noun the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth
noun the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth
Solomons.

noun a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism
Shield of David; Star of David; Magen David; Mogen David.

(Bot.), a perennial liliaceous plant of the genus Polygonatum, having simple erect or curving stems rising from thick and knotted rootstocks, and with white or greenish nodding flowers. The commonest European species is Polygonatum multiflorum. P. biflorum and P. giganteum are common in the Eastern United States. See Illust. of Rootstock.

noun any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal

noun an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
Canticles; Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles.

noun any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
Temple of Jerusalem.

noun an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
Wisdom.