Obs. [ad. L. carduus.] A thistle.
1388. Wyclif, 2 Kings xiv. 9. The cardue, that is a low eerbe and ful of thornes [1382 thistill], of the Liban sente to the cedre. Ibid., 2 Chron. xxv. 18. A cardue, ether a tasil [1382 the thistil].
