collards
NounUS[kol-erdz]/ˈkɑlɚdz/2 syllables
Synonyms:
collard greens
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- kale that has smooth leavesSynonyms: collard greensType of kale, kail
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
col′lards (kŏl′lẽrdz), plural noun
Origin: Corrupted fr. colewort.
1. Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort. Colloq. Southern U. S. Syn. — collard greens.
2. A kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated in the southern United States as a vegetable.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors