carde

French

noun
Definitions
  • card a machine for disentagling the fibres of wool prior to spinning
  • (botany) cardoon perennial plant related to the artichoke
  • (culinary) edible stalks of either cardoon or chard

Etymology

Derived from Latin cardō (hinge, pivot, astronomical pole, door hinge), carduus (thistle, wild thistle, artichoke, thristle).

Origin

Latin

carduus

Gloss

thistle, wild thistle, artichoke, thristle

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