topinambour

From French topinambour.

topinambour (plural topinambours)

1. Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke.

From earlier plural forms topinambaux or topinambaulx, from Old Tupi tupinambá, the name of a South American tribe where the plant was thought to have originated, 1650s.

• IPA^(key): /tɔ.pi.nɑ̃.buʁ/

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topinambour m (plural topinambours)

1. Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

   Synonyms: artichaut de Jérusalem, artichaut du Canada, soleil vivace

• → German: Topinambur
• → Italian: topinambur
• → Portuguese: tupinambor, tupinambo

• “topinambour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• topinambour on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr