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Definition of artichoke noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

artichoke

noun
 
/ˈɑːtɪtʃəʊk/
 
/ˈɑːrtɪtʃəʊk/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. (also globe artichoke)
     a round vegetable with a lot of thick green leaves. The bottom part of the leaves and the inside of the artichoke can be eaten when cooked.Topics Foodc2
  2. (British English)
    (also Jerusalem artichoke British and North American English)
    a light-brown root vegetable that looks like a potato
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from northern Italian articiocco, from Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-k̲aršūfa.
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