| NOUN | plant | cardoon, Cynara cardunculus | southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots |
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| food | cardoon | only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery) |
| Sounds | kaarduw'n | |
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| Rhymes | afternoon ... Witherspoon: 64 rhymes with uwn... | |
| Meaning | southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots. | |
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| Synonym | Cynara cardunculus | |
| Member of | Cynara, genus Cynara | artichoke |
| Parts | cardoon | Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery) |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | cardo, cynara cardunculus | |
| Catalan | card, cynara cardunculus, Cynara cardunculus | |
| Meaning | Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes. | |
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| Part of | cardoon, Cynara cardunculus | southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots |
| Broader | vegetable, veggie, veg | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
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