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Chinese artichoke

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of Chinese artichoke

First recorded in 1900–05

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

From Washington Post

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