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crosne

/kɹoʊn/

Sounds like crone · Rhymes with -əʊn

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Borrowed from French crosne.

noun crosnes

A vegetable, of species Stachys affinis; a Chinese artichoke. Also called Chinese artichokes or chorogis, crosnes look like beetle larvae and taste like water chestnuts, but, in fact, they are tubers, in the mint family.

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한국어	초석잠 choseokjam
日本語	草石蚕 chorogi
Deutsch	Knollen-Ziest

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"crosne." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crosne. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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crosne. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crosne

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"crosne." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crosne.

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@misc{crosne_2026,
  title = {crosne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crosne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}