JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE


Meaning of JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ jə-ˌrü-s(ə-)ləm-, -ˌrüz-ləm-, -ˈrü-zə- ]

noun

Etymology: Jerusalem by folk etymology from Italian girasole girasole

Date: 1639

: a perennial sunflower ( Helianthus tuberosus ) of the United States and Canada widely cultivated for its tubers that are used as a vegetable and as a livestock feed ; also : its tubers

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.