Translingual

Proper noun

Carduus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – many thistles native to the Old World.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• For species see Carduus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Carduus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Alternative forms

• cardus

Noun

carduus m ‎(genitive carduī); second declension

1. a wild thistle
2. the artichoke

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• carduēlis
• carduētum

Descendants

• English: cardoon
• French: chardon
• Italian cardo, cardone
• Portuguese: cardo
• Spanish: cardo

References

• carduus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers