Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chard \Chard\, n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chard
n 1: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its
edible leaves and stalks [syn: {Swiss chard}, {spinach
beet}, {leaf beet}, {chard plant}, {Beta vulgaris cicla}]
2: long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves [syn:
{Swiss chard}, {spinach beet}, {leaf beet}]
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