noun
1. Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
• Syn: ↑artichoke, ↑artichoke plant, ↑Cynara scolymus
• Hypernyms: ↑vegetable
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cynara, ↑genus Cynara
• Part Meronyms: ↑artichoke
2. a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
• Syn: ↑artichoke
• Part Holonyms: ↑artichoke, ↑artichoke plant, ↑Cynara scolymus
• Part Meronyms: ↑artichoke heart
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.