Noun: Swiss chard swis chaa(r)d
- Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
"The Swiss chard's rainbow-coloured stems brightened up the vegetable bed"; "The Swiss chard plant's rainbow-coloured stems brightened up the vegetable bed";
- chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla, perpetual spinach
- Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
"She added Swiss chard to the vegetable soup";
- chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, perpetual spinach
Derived forms: Swiss chards
Type of: beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet, green, greens, leafy vegetable
Encyclopedia: Swiss chard