artichokey

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Etymology

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From artichoke +‎ -y.

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Adjective

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artichokey (comparative more artichokey, superlative most artichokey)

  1. Resembling, or having a flavor of, artichokes.
    • 1986, Alice M. Geffen, Carole Berglie, Food Festival!: The Ultimate Guidebook to America's Best Regional Food Celebrations, page 154:
      Although they were a novelty, we found the greenish artichoke cake and pie quite plain-tasting and not very artichokey, as well as visually unappetizing.
    • 1989, The Utne Reader, volumes 31-36, page 44:
      Every one of them was heavy with the artichokey smell of butter lamps.
    • 2009, Food & Wine: The Guide to Good Taste, volume 32, page 138:
      This afternoon, that means intensely artichokey custards with a fava bean sauce and skewers of sausage, chicken livers and crusty bread, grilled until deliciously charred.

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