CYNARA SCOLYMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynara scolymus mean? 

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

1. Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYNARA SCOLYMUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

artichoke; artichoke plant; Cynara scolymus; globe artichoke

Hypernyms ("Cynara scolymus" 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 scolymus"):

artichoke; globe artichoke (a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart)

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

Cynara; genus Cynara (artichoke; cardoon)