HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helianthus tuberosus mean? 

• HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS (noun)
  The noun HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

girasol; Helianthus tuberosus; Jerusalem artichoke; Jerusalem artichoke sunflower

Hypernyms ("Helianthus tuberosus" is a kind of...):

helianthus; sunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays)

Meronyms (parts of "Helianthus tuberosus"):

Jerusalem artichoke (edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke)