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ARTICHOKE PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
Synonyms:
artichoke; artichoke plant; Cynara scolymus; globe artichoke
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("artichoke plant" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "artichoke plant"):
artichoke; globe artichoke (a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart)
Holonyms ("artichoke plant" is a member of...):
Cynara; genus Cynara (artichoke; cardoon)
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