Dictionary Definition
artichoke
Noun
1 Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely
cultivated for its large edible flower head [syn: globe
artichoke, artichoke
plant, Cynara
scolymus]
2 a thistle-like flower head with edible fleshy
leaves and heart [syn: globe
artichoke]
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English
Etymology
From northern dialectal articiocco, alteration of arcicioffo, from alcarchofa, from قرشوف.Pronunciation
Noun
- An edible plant related to the thistle.
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Cynara scolymus
- Catalan: carxofera
- Chinese Mandarin: (yángjì)
- Danish: artiskok
- Dutch: artisjok
- Esperanto: artiŝoko
- Finnish: latva-artisokka
- French: artichaut
- German: Artischocke
- Greek: αγκινάρα
- Hungarian: articsóka
- Italian: carciofo
- Japanese: (chosenazami, tyousennazami)
- Maltese: qaqoċċa
- Portuguese: alcachofra, alcachofra de comer, alcachofra hortense
- Russian: (artishok koliuchii)
- Sicilian: cacocciùlo , cacocciùla
- Spanish: alcachofa , alcaucil , alcacil italbrac Southeastern Spain
- Swedish: kronärtskocka
- Turkish: enginar