Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
2. See also Jerusalem artichoke
artichoke in British English
(ˈɑːtɪˌtʃəʊk)
noun
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. Jerusalem artichoke
Word origin
C16: from Italian articiocco, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-kharshūf
artichoke in American English
(ˈɑrtəˌtʃoʊk)
noun
1.
a.
a thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) of the composite family
b.
its flower head, cooked as a vegetable
2.
Jerusalem artichoke
Word origin
It dial. articiocco < OSp alcarchofa < Ar al-ḥarshaf (var. kharshūf)