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Carduus

Carduus

See also: carduus

Translingual

Proper noun

Carduus m

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

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

carduus

carduus

See also: Carduus

Latin

Alternative forms

Noun

carduus m (genitive carduī); second declension

  1. a wild thistle
  2. the artichoke

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative carduus carduī
genitive carduī carduōrum
dative carduō carduīs
accusative carduum carduōs
ablative carduō carduīs
vocative cardue carduī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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