| chard (chärd) n. Swiss chard. [Alteration (possibly influenced by French chardon, thistle) of French carde, from Provençal cardon, cardoon; see cardoon.] |
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]
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| Noun | 1. |  chard - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalksbeet, 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 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 |
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