artichoke

n 1 (also globe artichoke) plant like a large thistle with a flowering head of thick leaf-like scales used as a vegetable 洋蓟（一种大型蓟状植物, 有厚叶状苞片的花头, 可作蔬菜）. 2 (also Jerusalem artichoke / dVE9ru:sElEm 5B:tItFEUk; dVE9ruzElEm `BrtI9tFok/) type of sunflower with tuberous roots used as a vegetable 菊芋（向日葵属植物, 其块根可作蔬菜, 亦称洋蓟）.

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