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Definition of Scolymus
1. Noun. Small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Golden Thistle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scolymus
Literary usage of Scolymus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"Scolymus, OR SPANISH SALSIFY Cultivated like salsify, and the roots used for the
same purposes. Fig. 70. "A vegetable that promises to be of considerable ..."
2. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"Receptacle naked. Flowers yellow; receptacle with chaff-like bracts; thistle-like
plant 2. Scolymus. Achenes not beaked nor ribbed; tall annuals, ..."
3. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"... the Garden Artichoke, (Cynara Scolymus,) whose flower-heads are used before
the expansion of the flowers. The parts of these heads which are eaten, are, ..."
4. 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 ..."
5. History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical, Medicinal by Henry Phillips (1822)
"The French artichoke, Cinara scolymus, grows wild in the fields of Italy, where
it often attains the height of a man. The bottoms of the Cotton-thistle, ..."
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