[syn: kale, kail, cole]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael;
akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.]
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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.]
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2. See Kail, 2.
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Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe
maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kale
n 1: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread,
cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale,
lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf,
scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
2: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a
head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort,
Brassica oleracea acephala]
3: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: kale, kail, cole]