scolymos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

scŏlymos, i, m., = σκόλυμος,

an edible kind of thistle , carāoon : Cynara cardunculus, Linn.; Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; 21, 16, 56, § 94; 22, 22, 43, § 86.