cynara scolymus

English Thesaurus

1. Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	vegetable,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	artichoke, globe artichoke,
definition	:	a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart (noun.food)

member meronym	:	cynara, genus cynara,
definition	:	artichoke; cardoon (noun.plant)