cardoon
English
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Cynara cardunculus
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French cardon, from Medieval Latin cardon, singular form of cardo, from Latin carduus (“thistle”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
cardoon (plural cardoons)
- Cynara cardunculus, a prickly perennial plant related to the artichoke which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable.
- 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A dictionarie of the French and English tongues[1]:
- 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.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle:
- As I have already said, I nowhere saw the cardoon south of the Salado; but it is probable that in proportion as that country becomes inhabited, the cardoon will extend its limits.
- 2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables: A Cook's ABC of Vegetables and Their Preparation[2]:
- In the sixteenth century, Ruellius speaks of the cardoon as a food that was appreciated as asparagus is today.
Synonyms
- (perennial plant): artichoke thistle(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Translations
perennial plant
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