artichoke
/ˈɑːtɪtʃəʊk/noun
1
- （亦作globe artichoke）a European plant cultivated for its large thistle-like flower heads洋蓟。
1.1
- Cynara scolymus, family Compositae.拉丁名Cynara scolymus,菊科。
1.2
- the unopened flower head of this, of which the heart and the fleshy bases of the bracts are edible洋蓟花苞。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from northern Italian articiocco, from Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-ḵaršūa.