cardo

Definitions of cardo
  1. noun
    any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
    synonyms: abrojo
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    types:
    cardo borriquero, toba
    biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
    cardillo
    any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads
    type of:
    mala hierba
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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