ar‧ti‧choke /ˈɑːtətʃəʊk, ˈɑːtɪtʃəʊk $ ˈɑːrtətʃoʊk/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Italian dialect; Origin: articiocco, from Arabic al-khurshuf 'the artichoke']

1. (also globe artichoke) a type of round green vegetable, which has buds with leaves that you eat, which are like the petals of a flower

2. (also Jerusalem artichoke) a plant that has a root like a potato that you can eat

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