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A perennial thistle from southern Europe, Arabia and the Mediterranean, artichoke is mainly of two varieties: the conical shaped and the globe artichokes. The edible part of the globular artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) is the heart of the flower bud and the tender fleshy portions of the leaf sections including some part of the stem.
