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/dʒərˈusələm ˈɑrtətʃˌoʊk/ Listen

noun

Jerusalem n. The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.

Jerusalem artichoke (Bot.)

(a)

An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used as food.

(b)

One of the tubers themselves.

Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two species of Solanum (Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries.

Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides.

Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family (Phlomis tuberosa).

Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges.

The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.

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— The International Jewish Cook Book • Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

... the Sunflower before expanding be boiled, and eaten with butter, vinegar and pepper, after the manner of serving the Jerusalem Artichoke, they are exceeding pleasant meat, surpassing the artichoke moreover in provoking the desiderium veneris. The Chinese make their finest yellow dye from the Sunflower, which they worship because resembling ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie