cardu .s, i (access. form cardus, ūs, Edict. Diocl. p. 17; cf. Charis. p. 57 P.), m.,
I the thistle.
1 The wild thistle , Verg. G. 1, 152; Col. 7, 8, 1; Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 262; Veg. 1, 7, 14.—
2 The esculent thistle or artichoke , = cinara, Plin. 19, 8, 43, § 152 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 1, 3; id. Oct. 11, 1.