| 释义 |
ar·ti·choke
\ˈär]d.əˌchōk, ˈȧ], ]tə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Italian dialect (Lombardy) articiocco, from Arabic al-khurshūf the artichoke
1. : a tall herb (Cynara scolymus) that resembles a thistle and has coarse pinnately incised leaves
2. : the flower head of the artichoke having large oval involucral bracts with fleshy bases that with the receptacle are cooked as a vegetable — called also globe artichoke
3. : jerusalem artichoke |