chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet
(noun) long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla
(noun) beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Chard
A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the Devon border.
A surname.
Chard (countable and uncountable, plural Chards)
Chardonnay wine.
• D.Arch., archd., hard c
chard (countable and uncountable, plural chards)
(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
(culinary) Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.
• (leafy vegetable): mangold, silverbeet, Swiss chard
• D.Arch., archd., hard c
Source: Wiktionary
Chard, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carde esclent thistle.]
1. The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.
2. A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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