crosne

plural crosnes

1. A vegetable, of species Stachys affinis; a Chinese artichoke.

   Kumquat and crosnes round out the dish, fulfilling the apparent fancy restaurant obligation to marshal off-the-beaten-path ingredients.

   2007 April 25, “Dining Briefs”, in New York Times

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   Also called Chinese artichokes or chorogis, crosnes look like beetle larvae and taste like water chestnuts, but, in fact, they are tubers, in the mint family.

   2004, Nick Paumgarten, “Little Giant”, in The New Yorker, volume 80, number 35, page 23