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Cardoon vs Caroon - What's the difference?

cardoon | caroon |

As nouns the difference between cardoon and caroon

is that cardoon is cynara cardunculus , a prickly perennial plant with impressive purple flowers while caroon is a crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.

cardoon

English

(wikipedia cardoon) (Cynara Cardunculus)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Cynara cardunculus , a prickly perennial plant with impressive purple flowers.

    • Synonyms

    * (perennial plant) artichoke thistle, ground thistle, prickly artichoke

    caroon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
  • :1859 ,
  • ::Half-a-crown'' is known as an (alderman), (half a bull), (half a tusheroon), and a (madza caroon); whilst a ''crown'' piece, or ''five shillings , may be called either a (bull), or a (caroon), or a (cartwheel), or a (coachwheel), or a (thick-un), or a (tusheroon).

    • Derived terms

    * madza caroon * tusheroon, tosheroon, tossaroon