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noun, masculine

cardon

/kaʁ.dɔ̃/

noun, masculine/kaʁ.dɔ̃/plural: cardons

cardoon (Cynara scolymus)

Related: cardon de mer, cardon de Tours, cardon lainier

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