- 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)
- the unopened flower head of this plant, which can be cooked and eaten
- See Jerusalem artichoke
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ar•ti•choke /ˈɑrtɪˌtʃoʊk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Plant BiologyAlso called globe artichoke. a tall plant like a thistle, with a head and fleshy leaf-like scales eaten as a vegetable.
- Plant Biology Jerusalem artichoke.
ar•ti•choke
(är′ti chōk′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologya tall, thistlelike composite plant, Cynara scolymus, native to the Mediterranean region, of which the numerous scalelike bracts and receptacle of the immature flower head are eaten as a vegetable.
- Plant Biologythe large, rounded, closed flower head itself.
- Plant BiologySee Jerusalem artichoke. Also called globe artichoke (for defs. 1, 2).
- dialect, dialectal Arabic al-kharshūf the artichoke
- Old Spanish alcarchofa
- *arcarcioffo
- Upper Italian articiocco, variant (by dissimilation) of arciciocco, arcicioffo
- 1525–35
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artichoke /ˈɑːtɪˌtʃəʊk/ n
'artichoke' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cardoon
- chard
- choke
- globe artichoke
- helianthus
- Jerusalem artichoke
- sunflower
- antipasto
- Chinese artichoke
- chorogi
- eye
- girasol
- inulin
- Japanese artichoke
- knotroot
- vinaigrette
- sunchoke