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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.朝鲜蓟，洋蓟，球蓟（圆形蔬菜，绿色厚叶基部及茎内部均可食用）
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  2. (British English)
    (also Jerusalem artichoke British and North American English)
    a light-brown root vegetable that looks like a potato 朝鲜蓟，洋蓟，球蓟（圆形蔬菜，绿色厚叶基部及茎内部均可食用）
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from northern Italian articiocco, from Spanish alcarchofa, from Arabic al-k̲aršūfa.