Jerusalem artichoke

English

Plant with flowers (1)

Tubers (2)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• ground pear
• (tuber): earthapple

Translations

plant and tuber

• Armenian: Գետնախնձոր ‎(Getnaxnjor)
• 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
• Irish: bliosán gréine m
• Italian: (plant and tuber) topinambur m
• Japanese: 菊芋 ‎(きくいも, kikuimo)
• Mazanderani: یارم مستی ‎(yâra/em-mas(t)i)

• Norman: paithe dé tèrre f
• Korean: 뚱딴지 ‎(ttungttanji)
• Macedonian: шалган m ‎(šálgan), (tuber) зимско јаболко n ‎(zímsko jábolko), (plant) кртолест сончоглед m ‎(k'rtolest sónčogled)
• Ojibwe: askiibwaan
• Persian: سیب‌زمینی ترشی ‎(sib-zamini-ye torši), شلغم فرنگی ‎(šalğam-(e) farangi)
• Portuguese: tupinambor m, tupinambo m
• Romanian: topinambur (ro) m, nap (ro) m, nap-porcesc m
• Russian: топина́мбур (ru) m ‎(topinámbur), земляна́я гру́ша f ‎(zemljanája grúša)
• Spanish: topinambur
• Swedish: jordärtskocka (sv) c
• Turkish: yer elması (tr)
• Vietnamese: cúc vu

External links

• Jerusalem artichoke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia