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Noun: Swiss chard  swis chaa(r)d
  1. Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
    - chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, perpetual spinach
     
  2. Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
    - chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla, perpetual spinach

Derived forms: Swiss chards

Type of: beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet, green, greens, leafy vegetable

Encyclopedia: Swiss chard