#Cynara_cardunculus__cardoon  southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots
  supertype:  #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
  member of:  #genus_Cynara
  part:  #cardoon  only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes

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