chard /ˈʧɑrd/
可供食用之甜菜
Chard n.
1. The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.
2. A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.
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chard
n 1: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its
edible leaves and stalks [syn: Swiss chard, spinach
beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla]
2: long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves [syn:
Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet]