About Chard

Chard, as Americans use the term, applies specifically to the leaf beet (Beta vulgaris variety cicla), or beet that develops no enlarged, fleshy root. We use the term as a synonym of Swiss chard; "chard," however, also may refer to the succulent blanched petioles of the leaves of the globe artichoke and cardoon. The Romans called this plant beta, the Arabs selg, and the Portuguese selga-apparently an adaptation of the Arabic name.

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