Jerusalem artichoke

Plant with flowers (1)

Tubers (2)

English

Etymology

Italian girasole, sunflower, mistaken for "Jerusalem" via folk etymology + artichoke

Noun

Wikipedia

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

Translations

plant and tuber

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菊芋 (zh) (júyù), (informal) 洋姜 (zh) (yángjiāng)

• Dutch: aardpeer (nl) m
• Esperanto: terpiro, topinamburo
• Finnish: maa-artisokka (fi), mukula-artisokka (fi)
• French: topinambour (fr) m
• German: Topinambur (de) m
• Icelandic: ætifífill m
• Italian: topinambur m (plant and tuber)
• Jèrriais: paithe dé tèrre f

• Macedonian: шалган m (šálgan), зимско јаболко n (zímsko jábolko) (tuber), кртолест сончоглед m (k'rtolest sónčogled) (plant)
• Ojibwe: askiibwaan
• Portuguese: tupinambor m
• Russian: топинамбур (ru) m (topinámbur), земляная груша f (zemljanája grúša)
• Spanish: topinambur
• Swedish: jordärtskocka c
• Turkish: yer elması (tr)
• Vietnamese: cúc vu