chard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
  2. noun long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves

Etymology

From earlier card (remodelled after chardoon, obsolete form of cardoon), from Middle French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla

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