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Definition of Cynara
1. Noun. Artichoke; cardoon.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Artichoke, Artichoke Plant, Cynara Scolymus, Globe Artichoke, Cardoon, Cynara Cardunculus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynara
Literary usage of Cynara
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. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1875)
"TREATMENT OF RHEUMATIC FEVER BY cynara. By Dr. E. COPEMAN, Senior Physician to
the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. As long ago as March, 1833, I published in ..."
3. 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. ..."
4. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"1903) T AST night, ah yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine •*—' There fell thy
shadow, cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the ..."
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