chard
CHARD/t͡ʃɑɹd/UKCHAHD/t͡ʃɑːd/
Pluralchards (some meanings)
- 1A green leafy vegetable with thick stems and a slightly bitter taste.
Like spinach, but with thicker, crunchier stems.
She sautéed chard with garlic for a quick side dish.
The chard in our garden has bright red stems.
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- 2The pale, blanched leaves and shoots of the artichoke plant, eaten as a vegetable.
Like keeping celery in the dark so its stems stay pale and soft.
We blanched the artichoke shoots to grow sweet, pale chard.
The gardener tied up the artichoke leaves to produce tender chard.
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Origin
From an earlier word "card", which came through Middle French "carde" from Latin "carduus", meaning "thistle".