noun
chard
CHARD/tʃɑːrd/
A vegetable with broad edible leaves and thick stalks.
The fresh chard has broad, crinkled leaves and thick pale stalks.
Etymology
The Latin ancestor named a thistle or artichoke, and early English chard meant a blanched artichoke leaf. The name now identifies the leafy vegetable with thick stalks.
In context
chard and sugar beets are also in the beet family, chard typically grown for the leaves, sugar beets for that sugar production.
More examples
- The garden's chard has bright red stems.
- He cooks the chard with garlic and olive oil.
- We picked a bunch of chard for dinner.
Forms
chard
Similar words
- spinach
- Spinach is another leafy vegetable, typically with thinner stalks than chard.