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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