Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.550
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.550
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c. 1348.—"The Incense (benzoin) tree is small . . . its branches are like those of a thistle or an artichoke (*al-kharshaf*)."—*Ibn Batuta*, iv. 240. *Al-kharshaf* in the published text. The spelling with *h* instead of *kh* is believed to be correct (see Dozy, s.v. *Alcarchafa*); [also see *N.E.D.* s.v. *Artichoke*].