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| Je·ru·sa·lem ar·ti·choke (plural Je·ru·sa·lem ar·ti·chokes) |
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1. root vegetable: an edible tuber with reddish brown knobby skin and white flesh, eaten cooked as a vegetable
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2. plant with edible tubers: a perennial plant that produces Jerusalem artichokes. Native to: North America. Latin name Helianthus tuberosus.
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| [< Italian girasole< girare "turn" + sole "sun"] |
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