1650-60; apparently < Frenchchardon thistle; see cardoon
Examples from the web for chard
Rainbow chard, if you can find it, makes this dish particularly beautiful.
chard, in an office note, indicated that the claimant was suffering from a burning pain in his left buttock.
British Dictionary definitions for chard
chard
/tʃɑːd/
noun
1.
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, with large succulent leaves and thick stalks, used as a vegetable Also called Swiss chard, leaf beet, seakale beet
Word Origin
C17: probably from French carde edible leafstalk of the artichoke, but associated also with French chardon thistle, both ultimately from Latin carduus thistle; see cardoon
Word Origin and History for chard
n.
1650s, from French carde "chard" (14c.), perhaps via Provençal, from Latin carduus "thistle, artichoke" (see harsh).