Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea.
  • noun A young cabbage cut before the head is formed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.
  • noun Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.

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

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From cole +‎ wort.

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