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Chard

noun

Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks. Synonyms: Beta vulgaris cicla, chard plant, leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard.

Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves. Synonyms: leaf beet, spinach beet, Swiss chard.

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"Chard" Quotes from Famous Books

... to start, with, and beyond Chard they grew heavier. At Honiton, which our travellers reached at midnight, it was snowing; and Dorothea, when the sleepy chamber-maid aroused her at dawn, looked out upon a forbidding world of white. The postboys were growling, and she half feared that Endymion would abandon the ...

— The Westcotes • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... cauliflower, celery tops, lettuce, onion, Swiss chard, turnip tops, and other leaves employed as greens, water cress, etc., not only contain these vital elements, but they also exert a favourable influence on sluggish bowels and kidneys. They are low in caloric value, ...

— Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories • Lulu Hunt Peters

Words linked to "Chard" : Beta vulgaris cicla, Swiss chard, leafy vegetable, spinach beet, greens, leaf beet, green, common beet, Beta vulgaris, beet