[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.550 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.550](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.550) 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\*); \[also see \*N.E.D.\* s.v. \*Artichoke\*\]. - [Previous: c10.549](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.549) - [Next: c10.551](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.551) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.550](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.550) · Pramāṇa