"gristly, consisting of cartilage," 1540s, from French cartilagineux and directly from Latin cartilaginosus, from cartilago (genitive cartilaginis) "cartilage, gristle" (see cartilage).
Cartesian
Carthage
cart-horse
Carthusian
cartilage
cartilaginous
cartography
cartomancy
carton
cartoon
cartoonist
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