cardon
1 of 2variant of cardoon
cardon
2 of 2noun
car·don
ˈkärˌdän
plural -s
1
or less commonly cardona : any of several large columnar cacti especially of the genus Cereus that have a woody skeleton sometimes used for lumber (as in furniture making), may attain a height of 60 feet, and often form forestlike stands from Lower California to Chile and in Venezuela
kärˈdōnə
2
: any of several cactuslike plants of the genus Euphorbia of Central America and the West Indies
Word History
Etymology
Noun
American Spanish cardón, from Spanish, teasel, from Late Latin cardon-, cardo thistle
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