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That some anthropologists, cultural and social historians, etymologists and linguists, and sociologists believe that Italian immigrants to the United States of America recognized the artichoke taste of the tuber and the sunflower look of the flowers of Jerusalem artichokes is a reason why the name Jerusalem artichoke comes from the Italian word girasole. The North American native in question (Helianthus tuberosus) may have its name because of Italian-accented English affecting a change from girasole ("sunflower"), pronounced DJEE-ra-SO-ley," into Jerusalem. The artichoke and the sunflower share membership in the Asteraceae (daisy) plant family.

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