SWISS CHARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swiss chard mean? 

• SWISS CHARD (noun)
  The noun SWISS 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: SWISS CHARD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWISS CHARD (noun)

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 ("Swiss 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 "Swiss 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 ("Swiss chard" is a kind of...):

green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)

Holonyms ("Swiss 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)