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car⋅doon

[kahr-doon]
–noun
a composite plant, Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
Also, car⋅don [kahr-dohn] .


Origin:
1605–15; < MF cardon < OPr < ML cardōn-, s. of cardō, for L card(u)us thistle, cardoon
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