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chard

/t͡ʃɑːd/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
  2. Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.
  3. A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district, near the Devon border. The civil parish is named Chard Town, and served by Chard Town Council. (OS grid ref ST3208).
  4. A commune in Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  5. Synonym of Janvier South, Alberta, Canada, from the name of A. Chard.
  6. A surname.
  7. Chardonnay wine.

Etymology / origin

From earlier card (remodelled after chardoon, obsolete form of cardoon), from Middle French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon.

  1. carduus(Latin)→
  2. carde(frm)→
  3. chard (English)
  4. Relations: bor, der

Related words

carde(frm)carduus(Latin)

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