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Definition of Cynara scolymus

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynara Scolymus

Literary usage of Cynara scolymus

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

1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"Of this order it will be necessary to notice one vegetable only, namely, the Garden Artichoke, (Cynara scolymus,) whose flower-heads are used before the ..."

2. Salads and Sauces by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1884)
"The artichoke (Cynara scolymus) has been used as a vegetable over three hundred years. The flower-heads in their immature state contain the edible part. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1822)
"But it is not clear whether they meant Cynara scolymus, -the artichoke, or Cynara cardunculus, the cardoon ; and as they say, after Theophrastus, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"Cynara scolymus.—Prof. K. Landerer states that artichokes, the unexpanded flower-buds of Cynara scolymus— ..."

5. A Treatise on Agriculture, Comprising a Concise History of Its Origin and by John Armstrong (1846)
"THE ARTICHOKE (Cynara scolymus). The prototype of this race is a native of the south of Europe, and rarely to be found in northern climates, excepting in ..."

6. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical by Julius Sachs (1882)
"This phenomenon is seen with remarkable clearness in the large leaf-stalks of Cynara scolymus when they freeze slowly. The succulent parenchyma separates ..."

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