Phrase guide

Jerusalem artichoke

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: earthapple, girasole, ground pear, sunchoke, sunroot, topinambour

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The tuber of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: earthapple, girasole, ground pear, sunchoke, sunroot, topinambour

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sunchoke

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: root vegetable

4

noun

Meaning 4

tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: girasol, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sunflower, helianthus

5

noun

Meaning 5

edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tuber

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaza: шӏрыкӏва (čʼrəkwʼa) — plant and tuber
  • Abkhaz: аҷы́ркәа (ačʼə́rkwʼa) — plant and tuber
  • Albanian: allme — plant and tuber
  • Armenian: գետնախնձոր (getnaxnjor) — plant and tuber
  • Catalan: nyàmera — plant and tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菊芋 (júyù) — plant and tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洋薑 /洋姜 (yángjiāng) — plant and tuber
  • East Circassian: щӏэрыкӏуэ (śʼɛrəkwʼɛ) — plant and tuber
  • West Circassian: чӏырыкӏу (ĉʼərəkwʼu) — plant and tuber
  • Cree: ᐊᔅᑭᐸᐤ (askipaw) — plant and tuber
  • Czech: topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Dakota: phąǧí — plant and tuber
  • Danish: jordskok — plant and tuber
  • Dutch: aardpeer — plant and tuber
  • Esperanto: terpiro — plant and tuber
  • Estonian: maapirn — plant and tuber
  • Estonian: topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Estonian: mugul-päevalill — plant and tuber
  • Finnish: maa-artisokka — plant and tuber
  • Finnish: mukula-artisokka — plant and tuber
  • French: topinambour — plant and tuber
  • German: Topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Greek: αγκινάρα της Ιερουσαλήμ (agkinára tis Ierousalím) — plant and tuber
  • Halkomelem: x̱áx̱ekw’ — plant and tuber
  • Hungarian: csicsóka — plant and tuber
  • Icelandic: ætifífill — plant and tuber
  • Irish: bliosán gréine — plant and tuber
  • Italian: topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Japanese: 菊芋 (kikuimo) — plant and tuber
  • Korean: 뚱딴지 (ttungttanji) — plant and tuber
  • Macedonian: шалган (šalgan) — plant and tuber
  • Macedonian: зимско јаболко (zimsko jabolko) — plant and tuber
  • Macedonian: кртолест сончоглед (krtolest sončogled) — plant and tuber
  • Mazanderani: یارم مستی (yâram-masti) — plant and tuber
  • Norman: paithe dé tèrre — plant and tuber
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jordskokk — plant and tuber
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jordartisjokk — plant and tuber
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jordskokk — plant and tuber
  • Occitan: giganta — plant and tuber
  • Occitan: tartifla — plant and tuber
  • Occitan: tartifle — plant and tuber
  • Occitan: tòpi — plant and tuber
  • Ojibwe: ᑮᓯᓲᒌᐱᒃ giizisoojiibik — plant and tuber
  • Ojibwe: askiibwaan — plant and tuber
  • Ossetian: дзиликъу (ʒilik’u) — plant and tuber
  • Pawnee: kisuusit — plant and tuber
  • Persian: سیبزمینی ترشی (sib-zamini-ye torši) — plant and tuber
  • Persian: شلغم فرنگی (šalġam-e farangi) — plant and tuber
  • Polish: topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Polish: bulwa — plant and tuber
  • Polish: słonecznik bulwiasty — plant and tuber
  • Portuguese: tupinambor — plant and tuber
  • Portuguese: tupinambo — plant and tuber
  • Romanian: topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Romanian: nap — plant and tuber
  • Romanian: nap-porcesc — plant and tuber
  • Russian: топина́мбур (topinámbur) — plant and tuber
  • Russian: земляна́я гру́ша (zemljanája grúša) — plant and tuber
  • Serbo-Croatian: topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Spanish: topinambur — plant and tuber
  • Swedish: jordärtskocka — plant and tuber
  • Turkish: yer elması — plant and tuber
  • Ottoman Turkish: یر الماسی (yer elması) — plant and tuber
  • Unami: hakialaipën — plant and tuber
  • Vietnamese: cúc vu — plant and tuber
  • Welsh: blodyn-yr-haul oddfog — plant and tuber