artichoke
91Japanese artichoke — noun see chinese artichoke …
92Japanese artichoke. — See Chinese artichoke. [1900 05] …
93Jerusalem artichoke — 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… …
94Jerusalem artichoke — noun a) a variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers b) the tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable; the sunchoke …
95Jerusalem artichoke — Je|ru|sa|lem ar|ti|choke [ dʒə,rusələm artı,tʃouk ] noun count or uncount a vegetable with a reddish brown skin and white flesh. It grows under the ground …
96Jerusalem artichoke — [[t]ʤəru͟ːsələm ɑ͟ː(r)tɪtʃoʊk[/t]] Jerusalem artichokes N VAR Jerusalem artichokes are small, yellowish white vegetables that grow underground and look like potatoes …
97Jerusalem artichoke — Jeru′salem ar′tichoke n. 1) pln a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous underground rootstocks 2) pln the tuber itself • Etymology: 1635–45; alter., by folk etym., of It girasole sunflower. See girasol …
98Jerusalem artichoke — /dʒəˌrusələm ˈatətʃoʊk / (say juh.roohsuhluhm ahtuhchohk) noun 1. a species of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible tuberous underground stems or rootstocks. 2. the tuber itself. {Jerusalem, alteration, by folk etymology, of Italian… …
99Jerusalem artichoke — n. 1 a species of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, with edible underground tubers. 2 this tuber used as a vegetable. Etymology: corrupt. of It. girasole sunflower …
100Je·ru·sa·lem artichoke — /ʤəˌruːsələm / noun, pl ⋯ chokes [count] : the root of a plant that looks like a potato and is eaten as a vegetable …
