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noun Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
noun a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
originEtymology tree Akkadian 𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍 (arsuppu)bor.? Middle Persian xār (hʾl) Middle Persian čōp (cwp) Middle Persian *xār-čōpbor.? Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish alcarchofabor. Occitan artichautbor.? Lombard articiochbor. English artichoke From Lombard articioch (cf. articiocco), from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف…
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