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Jerusalem artichoke

Je·ru·sa·lem ar·ti·choke (plural Je·ru·sa·lem ar·ti·chokes)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. root vegetable: an edible tuber with reddish brown knobby skin and white flesh, eaten cooked as a vegetable

2. plant with edible tubers: a perennial plant that produces Jerusalem artichokes. Native to: North America.  Latin name Helianthus tuberosus.

[< Italian girasole< girare "turn" + sole "sun"]
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