chard

2 definitions found

chard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chard \Chard\ (ch[aum]rd), n. [Cf. F. carde esculent thistle.]
     1. The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white
        beet, etc., blanched for table use.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A variety of the white beet, which produces large,
        succulent leaves and leafstalks.
        [1913 Webster]

chard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chard
      n 1: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its
           edible leaves and stalks [syn: chard, Swiss chard,
           spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla
           ]
      2: long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves [syn:
         chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet]