Definition of artichoke Artichoke

/ɑˈɹtʌʧowˌk/ - [artuchowk] - ar•ti•choke

We found 8 definitions of artichoke from 6 different sources.

What does artichoke mean?

Noun Plural: artichokes
artichoke - a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
		globe artichoke
		veg, veggie, vegetable edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
		artichoke plant, cynara scolymus, artichoke, globe artichoke a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
artichoke - Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
		globe artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus
		vegetable edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
		cynara, genus cynara artichoke; cardoon

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artichoke (Noun)
An plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature.

artichoke (n.)
The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.
artichoke (n.)
See Jerusalem artichoke.

artichoke
A 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.

artichoke
är′ti-chōk, n. a thistle-like, perennial, eatable plant with large scaly heads, like the cone of the pine, now growing wild in the south of Europe, though probably a native of Asia.—Jerusalem artichoke, a totally different plant, a species of sunflower, bearing tubers like those of the potato, Jerusalem being a corr. of It. girasole ('turn-sun'), sunflower. By a quibble on Jerusalem, the soup made from it is called Palestine soup. [Old It. articiocco (It. carciofo)—Old Sp. alcarchofa—Ar. al-kharshōfa, al-kharshuf. Popular definitions are many—e.g. the plant that chokes the garden or the heart.]