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CHARD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves

Synonyms:

chard; leaf beet; spinach beet; Swiss chard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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