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TOPINAMBOUR [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Horticulture
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A perennial American sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus) widely cultivated and often occurring as an escape.

OBS

Jerusalem artichoke: term standardized by AFNOR.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
  • Horticulture
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

[...] le topinambour (Helianthus tuberosus), espèce vivace aux fleurs plus petites que celles du tournesol (annuel), qui se cultive aussi comme plante ornementale et pour ses tubercules utilisés au même titre que les pommes de terre; [...]

OBS

topinambour : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
  • Horticultura
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

El topinambour parece una papa (patata) achicharrada. Un gourmet hasta podría confundirla con una raíz de jengibre. Aspecto nada virtuoso y color amarronado sin gracia alguna. Es un rizoma exactamente, de origen confuso, absolutamente exquisito.

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