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Artichoke

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Noun

1. artichoke, artichoke plant, cynara scolymus, globe artichoke

Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head

2. artichoke, globe artichoke

a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Artichoke

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noun
1. Also called: globe artichoke
a thistle-like Eurasian plant, Cynara scolymus, cultivated for its large edible flower head containing many fleshy scalelike bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. 
the unopened flower head of this plant, which can be cooked and eaten
3.  Jerusalem artichoke

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Artichoke

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noun
1. 
a. 
a thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) of the composite family
b. 
its flower head, cooked as a vegetable
2. 
Jerusalem artichoke

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Artichoke

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n.
1.
a. A Mediterranean thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) in the composite family, having pinnately divided leaves and large discoid heads of bluish flowers.
b. The edible, immature flower head of this plant. Also called globe artichoke.
2. The Jerusalem artichoke.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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