artichoke

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