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Webster 1913 Edition
Chard
Chard
(chärd)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
carde
esculent 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chard
CHARD
n. The leaves of artichokes tied and wrapped all over, except the top, in straw, during autumn and winter. This makes them grow white and lose some of their bitterness.Chards of beet are plants of white beet transplanted, producing great tops, which, in the midst, have a large, white, thick, downy, cotton-like main shoot, which is the true chard.
Definition 2024
Chard
Chard
See also: chard
English
Proper noun
Chard
- A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the Devon border.
- A surname.
- 1998, Laurence O'Toole, Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire
- Three men got out and surrounded Mr Chard. They were police officers, and he was under arrest, charged with taking indecent pictures of his children under the Protection of Children Act 1978 (POCA).
- 1998, Laurence O'Toole, Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire
Anagrams
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See also: Chard
English
Chard (Beta vulgaris)
Noun
chard (countable and uncountable, plural chards)
- (uncountable) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste
- Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.
Translations
Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla