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Cynara
Cynara
Translingual
Cynara cardunculus
Proper noun
Cynara f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – a genus of thistle-like plants, including artichoke and cardoon.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cynara cardunculus (cardoon) (type species)
- Cynara algarbiensis, Cynara auranitica, Cynara baetica, Cynara cornigera, Cynara cyrenaica, Cynara humilis, Cynara makrisii, Cynara scolymus (= C. cardunculus var. scolymus) (artichoke, globe artichoke), Cynara syriaca, Cynara tournefortii (other species)