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 

• 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 ("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)