a tall thistle-like southern European plant related to the globe artichoke, with leaves and roots that may be used as vegetables 刺菜蓟
Cynara cardunculus, family Compositae 拉丁名Cynara cardunculus,菊科
语源
early 17th cent.: from French cardon, from carde 'edible part of an artichoke', from modern Provençal cardo, based on Latin carduus, cardus 'thistle, artichoke'