cardoon

car·doon  (kär-dn)

n.

A Mediterranean plant (Cynara cardunculus) closely related to the artichoke, cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots.

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[Middle English cardoun, from Old French cardon, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin card, cardn-, from Latin carduus, wild thistle.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cardoon - southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots Cynara cardunculus cardoon - only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes Cynara, genus Cynara - artichoke; cardoon 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
	2.	cardoon - only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant cardoon, Cynara cardunculus - southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots