| 单词 | beet chard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeet chard 1. More fully beet chard (now rare). extracted from chardn.2 a. Originally: the thick midrib of the leaf of certain varieties of beet, used as a vegetable (now somewhat rare). In later use also (as a mass noun) : the whole leaves of similar varieties of beet used as a vegetable; a dish prepared from the midribs or whole leaves of such beets. Also with distinguishing word (frequently with reference to the colour of the midribs of the leaves).Swiss chard, rhubarb chard: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > beet or beetroot > chard-beet or chard chard1653 Swiss chard1832 silver beet1882 1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook 208 (heading) Cardes of beetes [Fr. cardes de poirée]. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 205 If you would have them abound in fair Cards [Fr. Cardes], you must keep them well hou'd, Weeded, and watred. 1733 S. Harrison House-keeper's Pocket-bk. 66 Add to it some Apples slic'd small, some Spinage or beet Cards slic'd. 1817 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XI. 265/1 In this way the chards may be had till the approach of the following summer. 1941 A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. III. 32/1 These different names are given to a variety of Beets, cultivated for their Chards, or mid-ribs instead of their roots. 1990 New Age Jrnl. Apr. 28/2 Use any combination of kale, mustard, collard, dandelion, escarole, chard, or spinach. 2014 Scottish Daily Mail 17 May 44/3 This Waitrose salad has baby watercress.., baby chard and baby red cos. b. Any variety of beet grown as a source of chards or (in later use) whole leaves; a plant of such a variety; such plants collectively. Also with distinguishing word (frequently with reference to the colour of the midribs of the leaves).These beets are now usually included in the groups Cicla and Flavescens of Beta vulgaris subspecies vulgaris.Also called leaf beet, spinach beet.Swiss chard, rhubarb chard: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > beet > chard-beet or chard chard1664 chard beet1699 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 62 in Sylva Transplant the Beet-chard which you sow'd in August, to have most ample Chards. 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. ii. xv. 193 We likewise plant Beet Cardes and Cabbages. 1882 Amer. Garden Oct. 147/3 But since..its nasty, white little grubs feeding upon the leaves, have put an end to Beet Greens, I cannot but advise the planting of Chards. 1918 H. C. Thompson Home Gardening in South (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 31 Chard, or Swiss Chard, is a beet which is grown for its foliage instead of its root. 2001 C. A. Wright Mediterranean Veg. 320/2 Aristotle mentions a red-stalked beet chard around 350 B.C. 2014 BBC Gardeners' World (Special Subscriber ed.) Oct. 100/2 Rocket, lettuce, chard and spinach will crop through winter, to name but a few. < as lemmas |
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