Meanings
plural Jerusalem artichokes
- A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.
Synonyms: earthapple, girasole, ground pear, sunchoke, sunroot, topinambour
- The tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
Synonyms: earthapple, girasole, ground pear, sunchoke, sunroot, topinambour
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.
nounThe tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
More synonyms by meaning
nountall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers
nounsunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Italianarticiocco girasole“sunflower artichoke”
- EnglishJerusalem artichoke
Uncertain, possible corruption of Italian articiocco girasole (“sunflower artichoke”), with girasole mistaken for the word Jerusalem.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan nyàmera
- nyàmeraplant and tuber
Chinese Mandarin 菊芋, 洋薑 /洋姜
- 菊芋 (júyù)plant and tuber
- 洋薑 /洋姜 (yángjiāng)plant and tuber
Czech topinambur
- topinamburplant and tuber
Danish jordskok
- jordskokplant and tuber
Dutch aardpeer
- aardpeerplant and tuber
Esperanto terpiro
- terpiroplant and tuber
Estonian maapirn, topinambur
- maapirnplant and tuber
- topinamburplant and tuber
- mugul-päevalillplant and tuber
Finnish maa-artisokka, mukula-artisokka
- maa-artisokkaplant and tuber
- mukula-artisokkaplant and tuber
French topinambour
- topinambourplant and tuber
German Topinambur
- Topinamburplant and tuber
Greek αγκινάρα της Ιερουσαλήμ
- αγκινάρα της Ιερουσαλήμ (agkinára tis Ierousalím)plant and tuber
Hungarian csicsóka
- csicsókaplant and tuber
Icelandic ætifífill
- ætifífillplant and tuber
Irish bliosán gréine
- bliosán gréineplant and tuber
Italian topinambur
- topinamburplant and tuber
Japanese 菊芋
- 菊芋 (kikuimo)plant and tuber
Korean 뚱딴지
- 뚱딴지 (ttungttanji)plant and tuber
Norwegian Bokmål jordskokk, jordartisjokk
- jordskokkplant and tuber
- jordartisjokkplant and tuber
Persian سیبزمینی ترشی, شلغم فرنگی
- سیبزمینی ترشی (sib-zamini-ye torši)plant and tuber
- شلغم فرنگی (šalġam-e farangi)plant and tuber
Polish topinambur, bulwa
- topinamburplant and tuber
- bulwaplant and tuber
- słonecznik bulwiastyplant and tuber
Portuguese tupinambor, tupinambo
- tupinamborplant and tuber
- tupinamboplant and tuber
Romanian topinambur, nap
- topinamburplant and tuber
- napplant and tuber
- nap-porcescplant and tuber
Russian топина́мбур, земляна́я гру́ша
- топина́мбур (topinámbur)plant and tuber
- земляна́я гру́ша (zemljanája grúša)plant and tuber
Spanish topinambur
- topinamburplant and tuber
Swedish jordärtskocka
- jordärtskockaplant and tuber
Turkish yer elması
- yer elmasıplant and tuber
Vietnamese cúc vu
- cúc vuplant and tuber
Welsh blodyn-yr-haul oddfog
- blodyn-yr-haul oddfogplant and tuber
Cite this entry
Jerusalem artichoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20artichoke
“Jerusalem artichoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20artichoke. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jerusalem artichoke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalem%20artichoke.
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