artichoke

/ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/

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Other forms: artichokes

An artichoke is a green flower bud eaten leaf by leaf. Globe artichoke, boil an artichoke, an artichoke heart.

You eat the fleshy base of each leaf and then the heart, discarding the hairy choke in between. It contains a compound that makes anything eaten afterwards taste sweet. The Jerusalem artichoke is an unrelated root and neither from Jerusalem nor an artichoke.

Definitions of artichoke

1nounartichokeA green flower bud eaten leaf by leaf.B2+
“She pulled the leaves off the artichoke one by one and dipped them in butter.”

artichoke is a vegetable.

Where it comes from

Arabic al-kharshuf reached English through Spanish and northern Italian, and the spelling was reshaped by choke.

osp
alcarchofa
Occitan
artichaut
lmo
articioch
English, today
artichoke

Borrowed from lmo articioch, from Occitan artichaut, from osp alcarchofa. From lmo articioch (cf. articiocco), from Occitan artichaut, from osp alcarchofa, from xaa الْخَرْشُوف, from Arabic خُرْشُوف, definite form of خُرْشُوف.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

Practise this word

artichoke in the wild

Castroville is known for its artichoke crop and for the annual Castroville Artichoke Festival, leading to its nickname as the "Artichoke Center of the World".
Castroville, California
The genus name comes from the Greek kynara, which means "artichoke".
Cynara
The more commonly eaten globe artichoke is usually considered to be an ancient cultigen of this plant.
Cynara
First, the artichokes are fried at a low temperature to soften them.
Carciofi alla giudia
The larva lives inside a smaller hard casing inside the artichoke and this is released in autumn.
Andricus foecundatrix

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