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Definition of Cynara cardunculus

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynara Cardunculus

Literary usage of Cynara cardunculus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"Cynara cardunculus, vnr. COMMON CARDOON. Class and Order. ... Spreng. Specific Character and Synonyms. CYNARA Cardunculus ..."

2. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1886)
"... were Cynara cardunculus,1 although the most detailed description, ... the most curious facts in the history of Cynara cardunculus is its naturalization ..."

3. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1884)
"... carduus of Roman horticulturists, were Cynara cardunculus,1 although the most detailed description, that of Theophrastus, is sufficiently confused. ..."

4. Flora Diætetica: In which They are Accurately Described, and Reduced to by Charles Bryant (1783)
"8 CYNARA cardunculus. Cartoon. Lin, Sp. pi. 1159. The Cynara cardunculus is a native of Candia, formerly the Ifland of Crete, in the Mediterranean fea. ..."

5. Tissue Culture: Plants: A Bibliography, January 1992-March 1994 by Henry Gilbert (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Cynara cardunculus; Hypocotyls; Cell suspensions; Plant composition; Proteinases; Growth; Culture media; Protein synthesis; ..."

6. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"But the cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range:* it occurs in these latitudes on both sides of the * See Mr. Atwater's account of the Prairies, ..."

7. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"But the cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range:* it occurs in these latitudes on both ..."

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