artichoke heart
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- noun
- /ˈɑrtɪˌʧoʊk hɑrt/
:
corazón de alcachofa
- For a healthy snack, try dipping artichoke hearts in hummus.
- drained artichoke hearts
- ounces of artichoke hearts
- oz. can artichoke hearts
Examples
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I love adding artichoke hearts to my salads for extra flavor and texture.
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Veal medallions with artichoke hearts and lemon, parmesan potatoes, and braised string beans.
Fiction book (1995) -
So what we're going to do is we're going to take these artichoke hearts from that I picked from the farm.
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You could try it with artichoke hearts.
Blog text (4) -
Chicken is rich with artichoke hearts.
Blog text (31) -
I also love artichoke hearts, OK toppings on my pizza.
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Our first courses consisted of a rabbit stew and artichoke hearts with jambon; both were delicious and served in hearty portions.
Blog text (31) -
Cajun style and fillets of sole stuffed with mussels, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts.
Fiction book (1990) -
This roasted red pepper and goat cheese Alfredo was so good that I have already made it a second time this week, and the second time I added some kalamata olives and artichoke hearts.
Blog text (22) -
The Roman salad looked very much like a tossed salad, except that it had green olives and wedges of artichoke heart in with the cherry tomatoes, shredded carrots, and red leaf lettuce.
Fiction book (1996)
How Edible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the tender, edible central part of an artichoke' is directly derivable from combining 'artichoke' (the vegetable) with 'heart' (central core/most important part). The culinary use of 'heart' to mean an inner edible core is common and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely understand this phrase.
Etymology
The phrase artichoke heart comes from the simple image of peeling away the tough outer leaves to reach the soft, tasty heart inside the artichoke. Because people eat that soft center, heart here means the 'tender, edible central part' of the vegetable.