ar ‧ ti ‧ choke /ˈɑːtətʃəʊk, ˈɑːtɪtʃəʊk $ ˈɑːrtətʃoʊk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Italian dialect ; Origin: articiocco , from Arabic al-khurshuf 'the artichoke' ]
1 . ( also globe artichoke ) a type of round green vegetable, which has ↑ bud s with leaves that you eat, which are like the ↑ petal s of a flower
2 . ( also Jerusalem artichoke ) a plant that has a root like a potato that you can eat