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tɪˌtʃoʊknoun
1.
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.
2.
the large, rounded, closed flower head itself.
Also called globe artichoke (for defs. 1, 2).
Origin:
1525–35; < Upper Italian articiocco, variant (by dissimilation) of arciciocco, arcicioffo < *arcarcioffo < Old Spanish alcarchofa < dialectal Arabic al-kharshūf the artichoke
1525–35; < Upper Italian articiocco, variant (by dissimilation) of arciciocco, arcicioffo < *arcarcioffo < Old Spanish alcarchofa < dialectal Arabic al-kharshūf the artichoke
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| artichoke (ˈɑːtɪˌtʃəʊk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also 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) |
| 2. | the unopened flower head of this plant, which can be cooked and eaten |
| 3. | See Jerusalem artichoke |
| [C16: from Italian articiocco, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-kharshūf] | |
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Word Origin & History
artichoke
1530s, from articiocco, Northern Italian variant of It. arcicioffo, from O.Sp. alcarchofa, from Arabic al-hursufa "artichoke." The Northern Italian variation probably is from influence of ciocco "stump." Folk-etymology has twisted the word in Eng.; the ending is probably influenced by choke, and early
EXPANDforms of the word in English include archecokk, hortichock, artychough, hartichoake. The plant was known in Italy by 1450s, brought to Florence from Naples in 1466, and introduced in England in the reign of Henry VIII. Fr. artichaut (16c.), Ger. Artischocke (16c.) both are also from Italian.
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