chard
/tʃɑːd
/noun
(also Swiss chard) A beet of a variety with broad edible white leaf stalks and green blades.The gardeners plant a good mix of vegetables, including cucumbers, snap beans, leaf lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, Swiss chard, beets, onions and more....
- If you can't find it (farmer's markets are your best bet), go for curly kale, Swiss chard, ruby chard or Savoy cabbage.
- Leaf shapes can be large and broader than chard, or nearly as frilly as parsley.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French carde, perhaps influenced by chardon 'thistle'.
Rhymes
- well-tended
- well-thewed
- well-thinking
- well thought of
- well-thought-on
- well thought out
- well-thriven
- well thumbed
- well-timbered
- well timed
- well-to-do
- well-to-do-ism
- well-to-do-ness
- well-told
- well to live
- well tomb
- well-toned
- well to pass
- well-tossed
- well-traded
- well-trained
- well trap
- well traveled
- well travelled
- well-treated