PREFERRED TERM
Artichoke
DEFINITION
- n. A term borrowed from Italian "articiocco". It refers to the representation of the thistle-like plant Cynara scolymus, probably a cultigen of the cardoon originating in southern Europe, and now widely cultivated for its (partially) edible flower buds; it is also the flower bud of this plant, the edible parts of which are the receptacle and the fleshy bases of the large scales or bracts which surround it.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Artichaut
French
Carciofo
Italian
Alcachofa
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/821
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