Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CHARD
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
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Chard
A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the Devon border.
A surname.
Etymology 2
Noun
Chard (countable and uncountable, plural Chards)
Chardonnay wine.
Anagrams
• D.Arch., archd., hard c
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (leafy vegetable): mangold, silverbeet, Swiss chard
Anagrams
• 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
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