(n.) The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.
(n.) A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.
Example Sentences:
(1) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.
(2) Leaf growth will slow with encroaching cold and decreasing light, but chard will generally manage to keep producing some harvest when fresh greens are sparse.
(3) A statistically significant inverse relationship was found between the risk of skin cancer and a high intake of fish (p = 0.05); vegetables in general (p < 0.001); beans, lentils, or peas (p < 0.001), carrots, silverbeet (Swiss chard), or pumpkin (p < 0.001); cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, brussel sprouts, or broccoli) (p < 0.001); and beta-carotene- and vitamin C-containing foods (p = 0.004).
(4) That said, I would definitely ask my mother to cook it, and offer a little of my help, as stuffed chard takes forever to prepare.
(5) Quinoa is the grain-like seed of a plant in the goosefoot family (other members include spinach, chard, and the wonderful edible weed lambs quarters ), and its appeal is immense.
(6) Type I hypersensitivity to Swiss chard was demonstrated by means of immediate skin test reactivity, specific IgE determination by RAST, basophil degranulation, histamine release test, and an immediate bronchial provocation test response to Swiss chard extract.
(7) Control mice fed soil-grown chard showed significantly lower kidney and liver concentrations of cadmium, i.e.
(8) The ability of lettuce and chard extracts to reduce the mutagenic activity of Benzo[a]pyrene was studied.
(9) Those caught on camera include estate agents from high street chain Winkworth, central London specialist Marsh & Parsons which advertises itself under the slogan “The Only Way is Ethics”, Domus Nova, Chard, and Bective Leslie Marsh which have been used by fashion designers and actors.
(10) Keith Heddle, managing director of Stanley Gibbons Investments, says: “Luxury and collectible coins are much more enjoyable to own than a share certificate or a unit in some fund.” Numismatics is the official term for coin collecting, and Lawrence Chard, director of Blackpool-based dealer Chards, recommends buying coins in the highest grades or best condition you can afford.
(11) We therefore acted entirely appropriately and in accordance with AML regulations and our own internal procedures.” The Guardian contacted Chard but it did not reply.
(12) Another €20 will get you a plate of salumi di Parma (cured ham, cooked shoulder of pork, salame, pancetta, lardo…) followed by fresh tortelli (pasta stuffed with squash or chard) at Trattoria Corrieri or Osteria dello Zingaro .
(13) Control animals were fed Swiss chard grown on unfortified soi.
(14) Men in white rubber boots cut chard in a field belonging to the farm.
(15) Photograph: Getty Images Chard is a wonder vegetable in terms of its ease of growth and abundance through the year.
(16) Leaves of 10 plant species, 7 with photorespiration (spinach, sunflower, tobacco, pea, wheat, bean, and Swiss chard) and 3 without photorespiration (corn, sugarcane, and pigweed), were surveyed for peroxisomes.
(17) Cadmium was taken up by the swiss chard (8.15 ppm, dry wt).
(18) Try the quelites (cooked leafy greens), acelgas (Swiss chard) or coliflór (fried cauliflower.)
(19) Courgettes, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, swiss chard, carrots and peppers need a 10-litre pot for a single plant (or maybe four carrots).
(20) Samples consisting of bulbs, and leaves and soft stalks (chard, parsley, spinach and lettuce) contained the highest levels of both metals.
Charr
Definition:
(n.) One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.
(n.) See 1st Char.
Example Sentences:
(1) Both the retina and pineal organ appear to be suitably differentiated to detect light in the larval and embryonic charr.
(2) The aim now is to challenge for the world title again and there was the bizarre sight in the post-fight press conference here of Manuel Charr, the undefeated German whom Vitali Klitschko is scheduled to face in Moscow in September, stepping up to the top table and challenging Haye to a fight once he, by his own estimation, has defeated the Ukrainian.
(3) That remains an unlikely outcome, so Vitali remains the man in Haye's sights, but Vitali has made few noises of wanting to face the former WBA champion and, if rumours are to be believed, may retire after the Charr bout in order to focus on being elected to the Ukrainian parliament.
(4) %FT4 and %FT3 of plasma from trout or charr acclimated at 12-13 degrees increased with dialysis temperature (5-19 degrees).
(5) The original diameter of 21.5 Charr is maintained, which allows subsequent transurethral endoscopic manipulation if necessary.
(6) In charr starved for 2 or 3 weeks the plasma T4 response to TRH appeared blunted.
(7) However, the stressor-related increase in plasma glucose concentration that was evident in brook charr 24 h following handling and injection was suppressed in RU486-treated groups.
(8) The puncture channel is then dilated under x-ray visualisation with a Teflon-coated fasciadilatator (Cook) to Charr.
(9) The fine structure and opsin immunocytochemistry of the pineal and parapineal organs of the salmonid fish Salvelinus alpinus, the landlocked Arctic charr, were studied and compared with the retina in various developmental stages, from prehatching to two-month-old.
(10) "If Vitali beats this gentleman [Charr] I would love to challenge him for his title.
(11) High-affinity, limited-capacity, 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3)-binding sites were established by in vitro saturation analysis in cell nuclei of the pituitary gland of arctic charr.
(12) Critical light levels necessary to produce avoidance movements in photonegative free embryos (eleutheroembryos) of the lake and brook charr and their F1 hybrid splake, (S. namaycush X S. fontinalis) were determined and compared to previously studied movement patterns within artificial substrate systems.
(13) The ancestor of the group had been isolated from the ancestor of an artic charr before the beginning of the group divergence.
(14) Plasma T3 and T4 concentrations were similar in RU486- and vehicle-treated groups, but hepatic T3 production and hepatic T3 content were lower in RU486-treated fish; TSH had no effect on hepatic T3 content of vehicle-treated brook charr but significantly increased T3 content in the RU486-treated group.
(15) times per year, the most frequent being caribou (145, mean), beluga whale (74), hares (35), muskrat (26), whitefish (52), cisco (39), burbot (38), inconnu (37), Arctic charr (31), geese (44) ducks (19), ptamigan (18), cloudberries (22), cranberries (20) and blueberries (18).
(16) The effect of ozone exposure on the activities of reactive oxygen scavenging enzymes (SOD, catalase, GSH-Px) in RBC of Japanese charr (Salvelinus leucomaenis) was examined.
(17) For determination of the distribution of the salmonid Hpa 1 family in other salmonid species, the same analysis was applied to DNAs from the chum salmon (Onchorhynchus keta), brown trout (Salmo trutta), Japanese common charr (Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius), and Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi).
(18) In all, a 24-Charr sheath with non-irrigating, resectoscope and 1.5% glycine as irrigant was used.
(19) Karyotypes of three endemic forms of charres from the Kronozkoe lake (longhead charr, nosed charr, and white charr) were studied (2n equals 78-82, NF equals 100; 2n equals 78-82, a species level while the other two forms are yet at the initial stages.
(20) The charr Fok I family is present only in four species and subspecies of the genus Salvelinus.