artichoke

Meaning

Noun

• A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
• A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.

Related

Similar words

• globe artichoke
• cardoon
• Cynara scolymus (the former taxonomic name)
• Cynara cardunculus (the currently accepted taxonomic name, which also includes )

Origin

• From Northern Italian articiocco, from Provençal archichaut, arquichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف, from Arabic خُرْشُوف, definite form of خُرْشُوف.