"cartilago" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [kar.tɪˈɫaː.ɡoː] [Classical-Latin], [kar.tiˈlaː.ɡo] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), the same source as Latin crātis (“wickerwork”) and Ancient Greek κροτώνη (krotṓnē, “excrescence on a tree”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*kert-||to weave, twist together}} Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), {{cog|la|crātis||wickerwork}} Latin crātis (“wickerwork”), {{cog|grc|κροτώνη||excrescence on a tree}} Ancient Greek κροτώνη (krotṓnē, “excrescence on a tree”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cartilāgō<3>|g=f}} cartilāgō f (genitive cartilāginis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cartilāgō<3>}} Forms: cartilāgō [canonical, feminine], cartilāginis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cartilāgō [nominative, singular], cartilāginēs [nominative, plural], cartilāginis [genitive, singular], cartilāginum [genitive, plural], cartilāginī [dative, singular], cartilāginibus [dative, plural], cartilāginem [accusative, singular], cartilāginēs [accusative, plural], cartilāgine [ablative, singular], cartilāginibus [ablative, plural], cartilāgō [singular, vocative], cartilāginēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) Cartilage, gristle. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-cartilago-la-noun-H84ikLIr Categories (other): Anatomy, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 64 36 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (botany) A substance harder than pulp but softer than woody fiber. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-cartilago-la-noun-RJw9~pb6 Categories (other): Botany, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cartilāgineus [adjective], cartilāginōsus [adjective]
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