A Mediterranean thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) in the composite family, having pinnately divided leaves and large discoid heads of bluish flowers.
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The edible, immature flower head of this plant.
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Jerusalem artichoke.
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A thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) of the composite family.
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Its flower head, cooked as a vegetable.
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An plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature.
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ORIGIN OF ARTICHOKE
Northern Italian dialectal articiocco from Old Spanish alcarchofa from Arabic al-ḫaršuf al- the ḫuršūf, ḫaršūf artichoke (perhaps from Middle Persian xār-čōb literally, thorn-stick) (xār thorn) (Sanskrit khara- rough, sharp) (čōb stick)
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Artichoke leaf extract is thought to work directly to lower cholesterol levels.
In small glades with rich soil a bold effect might be produced by a good selection of Rhubarbs with Ferulas, Heracleums, Rhubarbs, Acanthuses, Yuccas, the common Artichoke, Gunnera scabra, and other vigorous hardy plants.
The traditional way to eat artichoke is to peel the leaves and dip them in butter, but they also work well sautéed, grilled, and in salads and casseroles.
Thus the Jerusalem artichoke, though able to produce stems and tubers abundantly, only flowers in exceptionally hot seasons.
Among the nine hundred species of Solanum less than a dozen have this property of forming tubers, but similar growths are formed at the ends of the shoots of the common bramble, of Convolvulus sepium, of Helianthus tuberoses, the so-called Jerusalem artichoke, of Sagittaria, and other plants.
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A Mediterranean thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) in the composite family, having pinnately divided leaves and large discoid heads of bluish flowers. noun 0
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The edible, immature flower head of this plant. noun 0
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Jerusalem artichoke. noun 0
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A thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) of the composite family. noun 0
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Its flower head, cooked as a vegetable. noun 0
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An plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature. noun 0
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ORIGIN OF ARTICHOKE Northern Italian dialectal articiocco from Old Spanish alcarchofa from Arabic al-ḫaršuf al- the ḫuršūf, ḫaršūf artichoke (perhaps from Middle Persian xār-čōb literally, thorn-stick) (xār thorn) (Sanskrit khara- rough, sharp) (čōb stick)
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Sentence Examples Artichoke leaf extract is thought to work directly to lower cholesterol levels.
In small glades with rich soil a bold effect might be produced by a good selection of Rhubarbs with Ferulas, Heracleums, Rhubarbs, Acanthuses, Yuccas, the common Artichoke, Gunnera scabra, and other vigorous hardy plants.
The traditional way to eat artichoke is to peel the leaves and dip them in butter, but they also work well sautéed, grilled, and in salads and casseroles.
Thus the Jerusalem artichoke, though able to produce stems and tubers abundantly, only flowers in exceptionally hot seasons.
Among the nine hundred species of Solanum less than a dozen have this property of forming tubers, but similar growths are formed at the ends of the shoots of the common bramble, of Convolvulus sepium, of Helianthus tuberoses, the so-called Jerusalem artichoke, of Sagittaria, and other plants.
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