jerusalem artichoke in English

noun
1
a knobby edible tuber with white flesh, eaten as a vegetable.
I also grow a successful variety of vegetables including Jerusalem artichokes , courgettes, beans and pumpkins.
2
the tall North American plant, closely related to the sunflower, that produces this tuber.
When sunflower was crossed with Jerusalem artichoke , F 1 hybrid plants carried 51 chromosomes and showed reduced pollen fertility.

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1. The main sugar-containing feedstocks include sugar cane, sweet beet, sugar grass stalks and Jerusalem artichoke.

2. There are more than 50 varieties of globe Artichokes (the "true" Artichoke not related to the Jerusalem Artichoke, which is a tuber) grown around the world.

3. There are more than 50 varieties of globe Artichokes (the "true" artichoke not related to the Jerusalem artichoke, which is a tuber) grown around the world.

4. It is sometimes called the globe Artichoke, or French Artichoke to avoid confusion with the sunchoke, which is an entirely different plant that sometimes goes by the confusing name "Jerusalem Artichoke".