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chardoon

chardoon is the obsolete form 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

Forms of chardoon

pluralchardoons

Questions about chardoon

What is chardoon the obsolete form of?
Chardoon is the obsolete form of cardoon.

Words near chardoon in the dictionary

  1. chardonnay socialist
  2. chardonnay socialists
  3. Chardonnayish
  4. chardonnays
  5. Chardons
  6. chardoon
  7. chardoons
  8. chards
  9. Chardstock
  10. Charduri
  11. Chardzhev

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