Artichoke Posted by Xenomanes on August 4, 2020 Posted in: Periodic Table. Leave a Comment We all remember the legend of the naming of the artichoke. How Artemis was choked by baby Jesus, and from her eyeballs sprang the plant we in English call artichoke, and in Swahili is called Thumbelina’s Thistle. Posts navigation ← Tarzan and the coral fantasy The Bloody Tower →