Artichoke-Like Plant With Edible Roots
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Question is: Artichoke-Like Plant With Edible Roots
and the answer is: CARDOON
Word Meaning:
CARDOON — Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.
Definitions from Wiktionary.