Editing Carduus (section)

==Etymology==
The genus name ''Carduus'' is from the [[Latin]] for "a kind of thistle"<ref name=jeps>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=360 ''Carduus''.] The Jepson eFlora 2013.</ref> or "thistlelike plant".<ref name=fna/> It is related to the word ''Cardonnacum'' ("a place of chardons or thistles"), which is the origin of [[Chardonnay]], the name of the [[List of grape varieties|grape variety]].<ref>[http://iv.ucdavis.edu/Viticultural_Information/?uid=10&ds=351 Chardonnay.] Viticultural Information. UC Integrated Viticulture, University of California.</ref> It is also related to the word ''card'', which as a noun means a device (often a stiff-bristled brush) for aligning and cleaning fibers, and as a verb means the action of processing fibers in that way.