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CHARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chard mean?
• CHARD (noun)
The noun CHARD has 2 senses:
1. beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
2. long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
Familiarity information: CHARD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Beta vulgaris cicla; chard; chard plant; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard
Hypernyms ("chard" is a kind of...):
beet; Beta vulgaris; common beet (biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop)
Meronyms (parts of "chard"):
chard; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard (long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
chard; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard
Hypernyms ("chard" is a kind of...):
green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)
Holonyms ("chard" is a part of...):
Beta vulgaris cicla; chard; chard plant; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard (beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks)
Context examples
The red color in spring mixes is currently provided by red lettuce, radicchio or chard.
(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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