NOUN | plant | globe artichoke, artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus | Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head |
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food | globe artichoke, artichoke | a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart |
Meaning | Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head. | |
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Synonyms | artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus | |
Member of | Cynara, genus Cynara | artichoke |
Parts | artichoke, globe artichoke | A thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart |
Broader | vegetable | Any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower |
Spanish | alcachofa, alcacil, alcaucil, cynara scolymus | |
Catalan | carxofa, carxofera, cynara scolymus, Cynara scolymus |
Meaning | A thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart. | |
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Synonym | artichoke | |
Part of | artichoke, globe artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus | Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head |
Parts | artichoke heart | The tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower |
Broader | vegetable, veggie, veg | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
Spanish | alcachofa | |
Catalan | carxofa |
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