Jerusalem artichoke
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.Je·ru·sa·lem artichoke
noun \jə-ˌrü-s(ə-)ləm-, -ˌrüz-ləm-, -ˈrü-zə-\Definition of JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE
: a perennial sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus) of the United States and Canada widely cultivated for its tubers that are used as a vegetable and as a livestock feed; also : its tubers
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Jerusalem by folk etymology from Italian girasole girasole
First Known Use: 1639
Jerusalem artichoke
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus) native to North America and grown for its edible tubers. The aboveground part of the plant is a coarse, usually multibranched, frost-tender perennial, 7–10 ft (2–3 m) tall. The numerous showy flower heads have yellow ray flowers and yellow, brownish, or purplish disk flowers. The underground tubers vary in shape, size, and colour. Jerusalem artichoke is popular as a cooked vegetable in Europe and has long been cultivated in France as livestock feed. In the U.S. it is rarely cultivated.
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