| 单词 | french artichoke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFrench artichoke a. The thistle-like plant Cynara scolymus (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), probably a cultigen of the cardoon ( C. cardunculus) originating in southern Europe, and now widely cultivated for its (partially) edible flower buds; (also) the flower bud of this plant, the edible parts of which are the receptacle and the fleshy bases of the large scales or bracts which surround it. In later use more fully French artichoke, globe artichoke (see globe n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > artichokes artichoke1531 cardoon1594 cactus1607 globe artichoke1763 Chinese artichoke1891 Japanese artichoke1902 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > artichokes artichoke1531 ground-thistle1591 cardoon1594 cactus1607 sherdoon1661 Spanish cardon1699 globe artichoke1763 Chinese artichoke1891 Japanese artichoke1902 1531 MS. Acc. Bk. in Notes & Queries 2 Feb. (1884) 85/2 Bringing Archecokks to the Kings Grace. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xx. sig. K.i There is nothynge vsed to be eaten of Artochockes but ye hed of them. 1563 T. Hill Most Briefe Treat. Garden (new ed.) 101 The Artichocke groweth like in the heade unto the Pine apple. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 63 The Hartichoch..is a kinde of Thistel, by the diligence of the Gardner, brought to be a good Garden hearbe. 1582 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 165 In time of memory things haue bene brought in that were not here before, as..the Artichowe in time of king Henry the eight. 1598 tr. G. de La Perrière Mirrour Policie sig. Iiv [He] did not yet forget the niggardlinesse, but parted Lettice and Artichaux in two. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor v. i. sig. K4 Like a young Hartechocke that alwayes carries Pepper and salte in it selfe. View more context for this quotation 1634 Althorp MS. 24 For 14 dozen of hartichoakes £02 16s. 00d. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxii. 215 Artichokes [printed Atichokes] grew sometimes onely in the Isle of Sicil; and since my remembrance they were so dainty in England, that usually they were sold for crownes a peice. 1688 London Gaz. mmcccxxxiv/4 Right Dutch Artichoaks..for Six Shillings and eight Pence the Hundred. 1727 J. Swift Pastoral Dialogue Richmond-Lodge in Wks. (1735) II. 375 The Dean..Shall..steal my Artichokes no more. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 49 If these were of the green, or conic sort, which we call French archtichokes, as it is highly probable they were; this size is the more surprizing, as that species never spreads near so much as our globe artichoke. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 281 Nowhere does the artichoke arrive at greater perfection than in the Orkney Islands. 1884 A. de Candolle Origin Cultivated Plants ii. ii. 93 Targioni..relates that the artichoke was brought from Naples to Florence in 1466. 1913 J. E. Rogers Bk. Useful Plants 175 Almost any farm has some land on it not good for much but these artichokes. 1931 Times 25 Oct. 9/3 Perhaps the most striking plants were the species Protea, a genus of shrubs with flower-heads surrounded by coloured bracts so that they look like glorified globe artichokes. 1979 Gourmet Sept. 16/2 He came to this country in 1962—a transplantation for which anyone who has tasted his stuffed artichoke will be fervently thankful. 2006 Zest Jan. 86/3 Globe artichokes (also known as French or green artichoke) are a great all-round female superfood. < as lemmas |
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