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Jerusalem artichoke Definition


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Jerusalem artichoke
noun
    1. A tall perennial N American plant, related to the sunflower, widely cultivated for its edible tubers.
    2. The underground tuber of this plant, with white flesh and knobbly brownish or reddish skin, which can be eaten as a vegetable.
Etymology: 17c: a corruption of Italian girasole sunflower.



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