† carduen.
Obsolete.
A thistle or thistle-like plant.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxxvi. 931 Carduies beþ þistelis grete and smale.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Chron. xxv. 18 A cardue, ether a tasil [E.V. a1382 Douce 370 the thistil; L. carduus], which is in the Liban.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 4 Kings xiv. 9 The cardue, that is, a low eerbe, and ful of thornes [E.V. a1382 Douce 370 thistill; L. carduus], of the Liban sente to the cedre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).
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