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Jerusalem_artichoke

Jerusalem artichoke

English

Plant with flowers (1)
Tubers (2)

Noun

Jerusalem artichoke (plural Jerusalem artichokes)

  1. a variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers
  2. the tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable; the sunchoke

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References

  1. Smith, James Edward (1807) An introduction to physiological and systematical botany