crosne
crosne Lexical Profile
• noun
The small, convoluted, pearlescent and edible tuber of a plant in the mint family, known for its crisp texture and mild, nutty flavor resembling that of a water chestnut or artichoke heart.
"The chef finished the dish by sautéing a handful of crosnes in brown butter to serve alongside the roasted pheasant."
The perennial East Asian herbaceous plant (Stachys affinis) that produces these edible root structures.
"She planted crosne in the loamy section of the garden, hoping for a bountiful harvest of tubers in late autumn."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the town of Crosne in Essonne, France, where the plant (which is native to China) was first successfully cultivated in Europe in the 1880s by Auguste-Nicolas Paillieux and Désiré Bois.
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