cardon

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English

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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

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Noun

cardon m (plural cardons)

  1. cardoon (Cynara scolymus)

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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

Noun

cardon m (plural cardons)

  1. (Gascony, Provençal, Languedoc) thistle

Dialectal variants

Derived terms

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

declension of cardon (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cardon cardonul
genitive/dative (unui) cardon cardonului
vocative cardonule
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