Pronunciation: j ə - ˌ rü-s( ə -)l ə m-, - ˌ rüz-l ə m-, - ' rü-z ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: Jerusalem by folk etymology from Italian girasole girasole
Date: 1639
: a perennial sunflower ( Helianthus tuberosus ) of the U.S. and Canada widely cultivated for its tubers that are used as a vegetable and as a livestock feed also : its tubers