Definition of Cynara

1. Noun. Artichoke; cardoon.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynara

Cygnus columbianus
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Cygnus columbianus columbianus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus olor
Cygwin
Cyllenean
Cyllenian
Cymatiidae
Cymric
Cymrics
Cymro-
Cymrophobia
Cymrophone
Cymru
Cynara (current term)
Cynara cardunculus
Cynara scolymus
Cyndi
Cynewulf
Cynic
Cynical
Cynicism
Cynics
Cynipidae
Cynips
Cynocephalidae
Cynocephalus
Cynocephalus variegatus
Cynodon

Literary usage of Cynara

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"Of this order it will be necessary to notice one vegetable only, namely, the Garden Artichoke, (Cynara Scolymus,) whose flower-heads are used before the ..."

2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1875)
"TREATMENT OF RHEUMATIC FEVER BY Cynara. By Dr. E. COPEMAN, Senior Physician to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. As long ago as March, 1833, I published in ..."

3. Salads and Sauces by Thomas Jefferson Murrey (1884)
"The artichoke (Cynara Scolymus) has been used as a vegetable over three hundred years. The flower-heads in their immature state contain the edible part. ..."

4. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"1903) T AST night, ah yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine •*—' There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the ..."

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