Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jerusalem artichoke

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: jerusalem ar-ti-choke
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.

noun

The tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

Etymology

Uncertain, possible corruption of Italian articiocco girasole (“sunflower artichoke”), with girasole mistaken for the word Jerusalem.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: articiocco girasole

Inflected Forms

Jerusalem artichokes (plural)

Synonyms

earthapple girasole ground pear sunchoke sunroot topinambour girasol jerusalem artichoke sunflower helianthus tuberosus

Questions

What does jerusalem artichoke mean?: A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.
Where does jerusalem artichoke come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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