different between thistle vs artichoke

English

Etymology

From Middle English thistel, from Old English þistel, from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz. *þ?h- from *teyg-, which is a variant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to prick”); from this same Proto-Indo-European root comes English stick. Cognates include Scots thrissel, German Distel, Dutch distel and Icelandic þistill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sl?/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Noun

thistle (plural thistles)

1. Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
   • , Genesis 3:18:

     Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].

2. This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
3. (heraldry) This plant used as a charge.
4. The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:

     Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’

Derived terms

Translations

References

• thistle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• thistle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Hittles, Lettish, listeth, lithest, shittle

English

Etymology

From Northern Italian articiocco, from Provençal archichaut, arquichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic ???????????? (al-?arš?f), from Arabic ???????????? (al-?urš?f), definite form of ????????? (?urš?f).

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /???.t??t???k/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /???.t??t???k/

Noun

artichoke (plural artichokes)

1. A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
2. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.

Synonyms

• globe artichoke (edible variety)
• cardoon (wild variety)
• Cynara scolymus (the former taxonomic name)
• Cynara cardunculus (the currently accepted taxonomic name, which also includes cardoons)

Related terms

• Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

Derived terms

• artichoke bottom
• artichoke heart
• choke

Descendants

• ? Bengali: ??????? (haticok)
• ? Cantonese: ???(??)
• ? Hebrew: ????????
• ? Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ?????? (??icok)
  • Urdu: ?????? (??icok)
• ? Indonesian: articok
• ? Korean: ???? (atichokeu)
• ? Japanese: ????????
• ? South Levantine Arabic: ???? ?????
• ? Thai: ????????

Translations

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Artichoke”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN