ARTICHOKE

n. A®r’ti?-chok. Ar., ‘harshaf, or ‘harshûf. [B. 52.] Lat., articoca, articocalus. Fr., artichaut. Ger,, Artischocke. It., articiocco, alcachosa. Sp., alcachofa. The CS a scolymus, a perennial herb indigenous to southern Europe and cultivated in America. The flower-heads are used as an article of food, and the leaves are occasionally employed in medicine. French a., Garden a. {B, 5.J— See 4.—Globe a, A variety of the gar-