What is the meaning of ARTICHOKE. Phrases containing ARTICHOKE
See meanings and uses of ARTICHOKE!Slangs & AI meanings
Artichokes
Artichoke ripe is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pipe used for smoking.
n The vulva. Refers to both appearance (the leaves imply the labia) and edibility.
Artichokes
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE
n.
See Jerusalem artichoke.
n.
A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose.
n.
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae.
n.
The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.
n.
A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.
n.
The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE
ARTICHOKE