herbacol

From herba +‎ col or perhaps from Latin *herba coaguli (“rennet plant”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌer.bəˈkɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌeɾ.baˈkɔl]

herbacol m (plural herbacols)

1. the flowerbuds of the cardoon used as a coagulant
2. cardoon

   Synonyms: card, card formatger, cardigot, carxofera borda

• coler
• quall

• “herbacol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “herbacol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “herbacol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.