cardoon
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cardoon
- /kɑː(ɹ)ˈduːn/
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English cardoun, from Old French cardon, from Late Latin cardōnem, from Latin cardus, alternative form of carduus (“thistle”). Respelled on analogy of -oon nouns. Doublet of cardon and chard.
noun cardoons · cardon · chardon · chardoon
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Any member of the species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.
Means: m. Void, and emptie places between beds in gardens, reserved for speciall hearbes; such are the spaces left for Cardoons betweene rowes of Onyons.
Similar: artichoke thistle, ground thistle, prickly artichoke
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noun perennial plant
| Español | cardo borriquero, cardo, cardo comestible, cardo de comer, cardo lechero |
|---|---|
| Português | cardo de coalho, cardo hortense |
| Français | artichaut à cardes, cardon |
| Deutsch | Distel-Artischocke, Kardone, spanische Artischocke, wilde Artischocke, Cardy, Distel |
| Italiano | cardo, cardone |
| Ελληνικά | αγκινάρα agkinára |
| Română | cardon |
| Русский | кардо́н kardón |
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