cardoon, Cynara Cardunculus
cardoon, Cynara Cardunculus, Thphr. HP 6.4.10, Philet. 16, Theoc. 10.4, Antig. Mir. 8, Dsc. Alex. 33.
2 the fruit
κάκτος, ὁ, the fruit, μακωνίδες, μάραθα, τραχέες τε κάκτοι Epich. 159; also the edible leaf, Thphr. l.c.
The corpus record
κάκτος
kaktos · ἡ
cardoon, Cynara Cardunculus
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.