cardoon: southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots
vegetable: any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
iroquoian: a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois