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Meaning of cardoon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kɑː(ɹ)ˈduːn

Definitions

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

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Examples

“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.”
“As I have already said, I nowhere saw the cardoon south of the Salado; but it is probable that in proportion as that country becomes inhabited, the cardoon will extend its limits.”
“In the sixteenth century, Ruellius speaks of the cardoon as a food that was appreciated as asparagus is today.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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