单词 | artichoke |
释义 | artichoke[ ahr-ti-chohk ] / ˈɑr tɪˌtʃoʊk / nouna tall, thistlelike composite plant, Cynara scolymus, native to the Mediterranean region, of which the numerous scalelike bracts and receptacle of the immature flower head are eaten as a vegetable. the large, rounded, closed flower head itself. Jerusalem artichoke. Also called globe artichoke (for defs. 1, 2). Origin of artichoke1525–35; <Upper Italian articiocco, variant (by dissimilation) of arciciocco, arcicioffo<*arcarcioffo<Old Spanish alcarchofa<dialectal Arabic al-kharshūf the artichoke Words nearby artichokeArthurian, Arthur, King, Arthus' reaction, arti, artic, artichoke, article, articled, article numbering, article of faith, articles Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for artichokeBritish Dictionary definitions for artichokeartichoke / (ˈɑːtɪˌtʃəʊk) / nounAlso called: globe artichoke a thistle-like Eurasian plant, Cynara scolymus, cultivated for its large edible flower head containing many fleshy scalelike bracts: family Asteraceae (composites) the unopened flower head of this plant, which can be cooked and eaten See Jerusalem artichoke Word Origin for artichokeC16: from Italian articiocco, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-kharshūf Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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