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chard
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chard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chard has 2 senses
- chard(n = noun.plant) beta vulgaris cicla, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, swiss chard - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks; Array has parts: chard, leaf beet, spinach beet, swiss chard
- chard(n = noun.food) leaf beet, spinach beet, swiss chard - long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves; Array is a kind of green, greens, leafy vegetable
is a kind of beet, beta vulgaris, common beet
is a part of beta vulgaris cicla, chard, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, swiss chard
CIDE DICTIONARY
chard, n. [Cf. F. carde esculent thistle.].
- The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use. [1913 Webster]
- A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chard, n. a kind of beet, Beta vulgaris, with edible broad white leaf-stalks and green blades. Also called seakale beet.
Etymology
F carde, and chardon thistle: cf. CARDOON
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