Search Result for "crambe maritima":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs;
[syn: sea kale, sea cole, Crambe maritima]



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):

Crambe maritima
    n 1: perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe
         and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white
         flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as
         potherbs [syn: sea kale, sea cole, Crambe maritima]