cardon

See also: Cardon

English

Alternative forms

  • cardona

Noun

cardon (plural cardons)

  1. Any of several large columnar cacti mostly of the genus Cereus.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cardon, from Medieval Latin cardō, from Latin carduus (thistle). Doublet of chardon and carde.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

cardon m (plural cardons)

  1. cardoon (Cynara scolymus)[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 310.

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cardon, from Medieval Latin cardo, from Latin carduus (thistle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈðu/
  • (file)

Noun

cardon m (plural cardons)

  1. (Gascony, Provençal, Languedoc) thistle

Dialectal variants

  • chaucida (Limousin, Auvergnat)
  • chaucit (Limousin)
  • caucida (Languedoc)
  • caucic (Gascon)
  • chaucier (Vivaro-alpine)

Derived terms

  • cardon blu
  • cardelin
  • cardonet
  • cardonilha
  • escardoar
  • cardonar
  • cardonariá
  • cardonàs
  • cardonessa
  • cardonièra

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cardo, from Latin carduus (thistle).

Noun

cardon m (oblique plural cardons, nominative singular cardons, nominative plural cardon)

  1. thistle

Descendants

  • French: cardon
  • Occitan: cardon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cardon.

Noun

cardon m (uncountable)

  1. cardoon

Declension

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