cardoon

[ kahr-doon ]

/ kɑrˈdun /

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noun

a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.

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Also car·don

[kahr-dohn]. /kɑrˈdoʊn/.

Origin of cardoon

1605–15; <Middle French cardon<Old Provençal <Medieval Latin cardōn-, stem of cardō, for Latin card(u)us thistle, cardoon

Words nearby cardoon

cardioversion, carditis, -cardium, card-key, cardmember, cardoon, Cardoso, Cardozo, cardphone, cardplayer, card punch

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How to use cardoon in a sentence

The artichoke offers fewer varieties, which bears out the opinion that it is a form derived from the cardoon.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
The cardoon is a thistle-like plant, very similar in appearance to the Globe artichoke, but is grown as an annual.
The Vegetable Garden|Anonymous
The nest is usually built in a cardoon thistle, two or three feet above the ground, and is made of dry grass.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)|P. L. Sclater
Sometimes they breed on the open plain in a large cardoon thistle, but a thick bush or low tree is preferred.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)|P. L. Sclater

The nest was in a cardoon bush, and contained five eggs—two of the Yellow-breast and three parasitical.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)|P. L. Sclater

British Dictionary definitions for cardoon

cardoon

/ (kɑːˈduːn) /

noun

a thistle-like S European plant, Cynara cardunculus, closely related to the artichoke, with spiny leaves, purple flowers, and a leafstalk that may be blanched and eaten: family Asteraceae (composites)

Word Origin for cardoon

C17: from French cardon, ultimately from Latin carduus thistle, artichoke

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