chard

chard  (chärd)

n.

Swiss chard.

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[Alteration (possibly influenced by French chardon, thistle) of French carde, from Provençal cardon, cardoon; see cardoon.]

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chard [tʃɑːd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, with large succulent leaves and thick stalks, used as a vegetable Also called Swiss chard leaf beet seakale beet

[probably from French carde edible leafstalk of the artichoke, but associated also with French chardon thistle, both ultimately from Latin carduus thistle; see cardoon]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chard - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks Beta vulgaris cicla, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard chard, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard - long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
	2.	chard - long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables Beta vulgaris cicla, chard, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks

Translations

chard [ˈtʃɑː^rd] n (= vegetable) → bettes fpl, blettes fpl