I Just Learned What Artichokes Are Made Of, And It's Neither Veg Nor Fruit

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about the fact that capers and cloves are neither fruits, roots, nor veg.

And it turns out that pineapples are technically a syncarp, or a bunch of fused berries, too. The “scales” you can see on pineapples’ skin show the conjunction of multiple flowers. 

So what about artichokes, the rather odd-looking green plant so important to Mediterranean cooking? 

Those aren’t fruits or veggies either, it seems. 

What are artichokes made from? 

Like capers, they’re the immature flower bud of a type of thist...