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car•doon
Pronunciation: (kär-dOOn'), [key]—
n.
a composite plant,
Cynara cardunculus, of the Mediterranean area, having a root and leafstalks eaten as a vegetable.
Also,car•donPronunciation: (kär-dōn'). [key]Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.