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cardoons

cardoons is the plural of cardoon.

Meaning of cardoon

Noun

cardoon (plural cardoons)

  1. Any member of the species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.
    • 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.1611, Randle Cotgrave, A dictionarie of the French and English tongues
    Synonyms:
    artichoke thistle, ground thistle, prickly artichoke

Questions about cardoons

What is cardoons the plural of?
Cardoons is the plural of cardoon.

Words near cardoons in the dictionary

  1. cardoncillos
  2. Cardone
  3. Cardones
  4. cardons
  5. cardoon
  6. cardoons
  7. Cardosa
  8. cardosanto
  9. Cardosas
  10. Cardoza
  11. Cardozas

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