KALE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | keyl
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- [n] coarse curly-leafed cabbage
- [n] a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
- [n] informal terms for money
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| | Synonyms: | | borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, bread, cabbage, cole, cole, colewort, dinero, dough, gelt, kail, kail, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels |
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| | See Also: | | Brassica, cabbage, chou, collard, collard greens, collards, crucifer, cruciferous plant, genus Brassica, money | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael;
akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See {Cole}.]
1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not
form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the
species. [Written also {kail}, and {cale}.]
2. See {Kail}, 2.
{Sea kale} (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb ({Crambe
maritima}), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
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