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leaf beet

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chard

[chahrd]
–noun
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
Also called Swiss chard, leaf beet.


Origin:
1650–60; appar. < F chardon thistle; see cardoon
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chard 
1658, from Fr. carde, from L. carduus "thistle, artichoke."
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