globe artichoke

globe artichoke

n. See artichoke.

globe artichoke

n (Plants) See artichoke¹, artichoke²

ar•ti•choke

(ˈɑr tɪˌtʃoʊk)

n. 1. Also called globe artichoke. a. a 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. b. the large, rounded, closed flower head itself. 2. Jerusalem artichoke. [1525–35; < Upper Italian articiocco < Old Spanish alcarchofa < dial. Arabic al-kharshūf]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	globe artichoke - Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower headartichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymusartichoke, globe artichoke - a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heartCynara, genus Cynara - artichoke; cardoonvegetable - any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
	2.	globe artichoke - a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heartartichokeveg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plantartichoke heart - the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flowerartichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus, globe artichoke - Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head

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