Artichoke

['ɑːtɪtʃəʊk] or ['ɑrtɪtʃok]

Definition

(noun.) a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart.

(noun.) Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head.

Typist: Manfred--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.

(n.) See Jerusalem artichoke.

Checker: Stan

Definition

n. a thistle-like perennial eatable plant with large scaly heads like the cone of the pine now growing wild in the south of Europe though probably a native of Asia.—Jerusalem artichoke a totally different plant a species of sunflower bearing tubers like those of the potato Jerusalem being a corr. of It. girasole ('turn-sun') sunflower. By a quibble on Jerusalem the soup made from it is called Palestine soup.

Checker: Marsha