チョロギ

noun

Chinese artichoke; Japanese artichoke; chorogi

A perennial plant of the mint family, cultivated for its edible tubers. Often pickled and used as a New Year's dish.

• おせち料りょう理りにチョロギの酢す漬づけが入はいっていた。

  There were pickled chorogi in the New Year's dishes.

• チョロギは塊かい茎けいを食しょく用ようにする植しょく物ぶつだ。

  Chorogi is a plant whose tubers are eaten.