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Chinese artichoke

noun

  1. a hairy plant, Stachys affinis, of China and Japan, having numerous small, white, edible tubers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chinese artichoke1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

They would then serve the encrusted fish with crosnes, sometimes called a Chinese artichoke, which Langhorne had dug up.

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