Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of Brassica oleracea, a cabbage with curled or wrinkled leaves which have no tendency to form into a hard head. It is valued chiefly for winter use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a form of the
kale plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, used as thevegetable spring greens (UK ) /collard greens (US)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They do well enough, as does the borecole or kale itself, in all the cooler parts of Australia.
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Under Lindley's first class, common or Scotch kale or borecole (_Brassica oleracea_ var. _acephala_ or var. _fimbriata_) includes several varieties which are amongst the hardiest of our esculents, and seldom fail to yield a good supply of winter greens.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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They do well enough, as does the borecole or kale itself, in all the cooler parts of Australia.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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"Poor Frog," says he, "is in hard circumstances, he has a numerous family, and lives from hand to mouth; his children don't eat a bit of good victuals from one year's end to the other, but live upon salt herring, sour curd, and borecole.
History of John Bull John Arbuthnot 1701
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