cárdeno

Spanish

alcachofa

cardo

Etymology

From Late Latin cardineus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin carduus (“artichoke, thistle”), after the colour of its flowers.

Adjective

cárdeno (feminine cárdena, masculine plural cárdenos, feminine plural cárdenas)

1. purplish, purply, violet, livid, lurid
2. (bullfighting) grayish (of a bull), having small, dense black and white spots that appear gray or leaden
3. opalescent (water)