A sauce made from artichoke hearts that is served over or stuffed into vegetables, added to pasta or rice, or served as a condiment for a variety of foods and appetizers.
An oil that is extracted from the seeds or nuts of vegetable plants, such as corn, soybeans, peanuts, safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, and rape seeds (used for canola oil), that is turned into a spreadable form of margarine to be used as a replacement for butter.
The fleshy center section of the artichoke, which is referred to as the heart of the artichoke. The artichoke is a tall plant that is a relative of the thistle plant and native to Mediterranean regions, but is also grown in other parts of the world.