artichoke
A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
Other meanings
A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
Synonyms
- globe artichoke
A kind of
- vegetable
Related words
- Jerusalem artichoke
Word history
From Arabic "خُرْشُوف" (الْخُرْشُوف).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “artichoke” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.