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GENUS CYNARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cynara mean? 

GENUS CYNARA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CYNARA has 1 sense:

1. artichoke; cardoonplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CYNARA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Artichoke; cardoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cynara; genus Cynara

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cynara"):

artichoke; artichoke plant; Cynara scolymus; globe artichoke (Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head)

cardoon; Cynara cardunculus (southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots)

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

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)


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