artichoke

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It has nothing to do with the real artichoke, which is a huge and gorgeous thistle, and it has equally nothing to do with Jerusalem.

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  1. noun A Mediterranean thistlelike plant (Cynara scolymus) in the composite family, having pinnately divided leaves and large discoid heads of bluish flowers.
  2. noun The edible, immature flower head of this plant. Also called globe artichoke.
  3. noun The Jerusalem artichoke.

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  1. Ultimately from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-ḫaršuf : al-, the + ḫuršūf, ḫaršuf, artichoke.
 

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