CYNARA CARDUNCULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynara cardunculus mean? 

• CYNARA CARDUNCULUS (noun)
  The noun CYNARA CARDUNCULUS has 1 sense:

1. southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots

  Familiarity information: CYNARA CARDUNCULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYNARA CARDUNCULUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cardoon; Cynara cardunculus

Hypernyms ("Cynara cardunculus" is a kind of...):

vegetable (any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower)

Meronyms (parts of "Cynara cardunculus"):

cardoon (only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes)

Holonyms ("Cynara cardunculus" is a member of...):

Cynara; genus Cynara (artichoke; cardoon)