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Cardoon   /kɑrdˈun/   Listen
Cardoon

noun
1.
Southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots.  Synonym: Cynara cardunculus.
2.
Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes.





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"Cardoon" Quotes from Famous Books



... low-country forests (see H.H.W. Pearson, "The Botany of the Ceylon Patanas," "Journal Linn. Soc." Volume XXXIV., page 317, 1899). No doubt Thwaites' letter to Darwin referred to the spreading of the introduced Lantana, comparable to that of the cardoon in La Plata and of other plants mentioned by Darwin in the "Origin of Species" (Edition VI., page 51).), and I should at any time be most grateful for any information which you think would be of use to me. I hope that you ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin - Volume I (of II) • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Cardoon" :   veggie, vegetable, Cynara, veg, genus Cynara


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