Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JE-RU'SA-LEM-AR'TI-CHOKE, n. [JE-RU'SA-LEM AR'TI-CHOKE; In this name the word Jerusalem is a mere corruption of the Italian Girasóle, i. e. sunflower, or turnsole.]

The name of a plant. Originally applied to certain species of Heliotropium, but now to the Helianthus tuberosum of Brazil, cultivated in Europe and the United States.