Molto Mario - 1996 Cardoon the Great was released on:
USA: 2002
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The scientific or taxonomic name would be Cynara cardunculus.
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Cardoon. Already described in Wikipedia.
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From the Latin 'cactus' taken from the name 'cardoon' which is a
type of prickly plant from Sicily (the Spanish Artichoke) Also from
the Greek name Kaktos
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Humans eat celery asparagus, bamboo, cinnamon (the bark),
fennel, Swiss chard, cardoon, and sugar cane. Thanks that's all I
got!