artichoke
English
Etymology
From Lombard artichòc, from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršūf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf), definite form of خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.tɪˌtʃəʊk/
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Noun
artichoke (plural artichokes)
- A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
- A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
- artichoke:
Synonyms
- globe artichoke (edible variety)
- cardoon (wild variety)
- Cynara scolymus (the former taxonomic name)
- Cynara cardunculus (the currently accepted taxonomic name, which also includes cardoons)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
vegetable
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References
- Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages, page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
- “alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- artichaut in Dicod'oc
- Michael Quinion (2004) “Artichoke”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
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