69381, RE: Иерусалимские артишоки Послано guest, 05-03-2010 13:21
The name "Jerusalem" in general has been given to many plants, i.e Jerusalem sage,artichoke,oak etc. Another source that I have read, an expert on plant names, said the word Jerusalem, as in other plant names, is to stand for as a vague name for a distant foreign country. (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54393/ )
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