Jerusalem artichoke
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- noun
- /ˌdʒəruːˈsɛləm ˈɑːrtɪˌtʃoʊk/
- US
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alcachofa de Jerusalén
- Add the potato, Jerusalem artichokes, stock, marjoram, and salt and pepper, and bring the liquid to a boil.
- the only Jerusalem artichokes
Examples
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Like we got asparagus, Jerusalem artichoke, onions and garlic, that small, small potatoes.
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I adore Jerusalem artichokes.
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The Jerusalem artichokes are different from regular artichokes; it's all about the root.
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Under the chicken, I cut in halves small potatoes (which I didn't par-boil; your note came later) and some Jerusalem artichokes (inspired by Ottolenghi).
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You can do everything with Jerusalem artichokes that you do with potatoes, or serve them raw.
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Parsnips and Jerusalem artichokes are the only vegetables that I confidently leave in the ground all winter long.
Synonyms
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A crunchy pale root vegetable from a sunflower, eaten raw or cooked
A tall plant like a sunflower that people grow for edible tubers
A tall plant with knobby edible tubers grown for food
A tall plant with edible knobby roots that people eat like potatoes, also called Jerusalem artichoke
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although built from familiar words, 'Jerusalem artichoke' is a historical name (likely via corruption of Italian 'girasole') and refers to a North American sunflower tuber that is neither from Jerusalem nor a true artichoke. A B1 learner who knows 'Jerusalem' and 'artichoke' would therefore be misled and unable to predict the item’s actual botanical/culinary meaning from its constituents.
Etymology
The name Jerusalem artichoke comes from a language mix-up: English speakers heard the Italian word girasole, meaning 'sunflower', as Jerusalem, and people thought the plant's knobby root tasted a little like an artichoke. So the odd name stayed, and today it still refers to a sunflower grown for its edible roots.