Origin: 1500-1600 Italian dialect articiocco, from Arabic al-khurshuf the artichoke
1 (also globe artichoke) a plant with thick pointed leaves that you can eat as a vegetable2 (also Jerusalem artichoke) a plant that has a root like a potato that you can eat [Origin: 1500–1600 Italian dialect articiocco, from Arabic al-khurshuf the artichoke]