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kale


kale

K0005600 (kāl)n.1. A plant (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in the mustard family, having dark green, spreading, usually crinkled leaves that are eaten as a vegetable. Also called borecole, cole, colewort.2. Slang Money.
[Middle English col, kal; see cole.]

kale

(keɪl) or

kail

n1. (Plants) a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea acephala, with crinkled leaves: used as a potherb. See also collard2. Scot a cabbage3. slang US money Compare (for senses 1, 2): sea kale [Old English cāl; see cole]

kale

(keɪl) ndialect Northern English a queue

kale

(keɪl)

n. 1. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having wrinkled leaves used as a vegetable. 2. Slang. money. [1250–1300; Middle English cale, northern variant of cole]
Thesaurus
Noun1.kale - informal terms for moneykale - informal terms for money boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratchmoney - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
2.kale - a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a headkale - a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a headborecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, colewort, kailcrucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family CruciferaeBrassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.collard - variety of kale having smooth leaves
3.kale - coarse curly-leafed cabbagecole, kailcabbage, chou - any of various types of cabbagecollard greens, collards - kale that has smooth leaves
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kale


kale,

 

borecole

(bôr`kōl), and

collards,

common names for nonheading, hardy types of cabbagecabbage,
leafy garden vegetable of many widely dissimilar varieties, all probably descended from the wild, or sea, cabbage (Brassica oleracea) of the family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae; mustard family), found on the coasts of Europe.
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 (var. acephala and sometimes others), with thick stems and curly leaves, belonging to the family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae; mustardmustard,
common name for the Cruciferae, or Brassicaceae, a large family chiefly of herbs of north temperate regions. The easily distinguished flowers of the Cruciferae have four petals arranged diagonally ("cruciform") and alternating with the four sepals.
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 family). They are grown for greens and, in Europe, for fodder. In the Channel Islands a tall fodder variety, known as Jersey kale, Jersey cabbage, or cow cabbage, grows to more than 7 ft (2.1 m). Kale (or kail) is a cool-weather crop—frost improves the flavor. In the United States the principal commercial growing regions are in Virginia and on Long Island. Kale is closest in form to the wild cabbage. In Scotland the word kale is used for cabbages of any kind. Sea kale is a European herb of another mustard genus Crambe, found along the northern coasts and often used as a potherb. Kale, borecole, and collards are all classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
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, class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales (or Brassicales), family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae).

kale

[kāl] (botany) Either of two biennial crucifers, Brassica oleracea var. acephala and B. fimbriata, in the order Capparales, grown for the nutritious curled green leaves.

kale

, kail a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea acephala, with crinkled leaves: used as a potherb

KALE


AcronymDefinition
KALEKent Against Live Exports (UK)

kale


  • noun

Synonyms for kale

noun informal terms for money

Synonyms

  • boodle
  • clams
  • dinero
  • gelt
  • lettuce
  • lolly
  • lucre
  • moolah
  • pelf
  • shekels
  • simoleons
  • wampum
  • loot
  • dough
  • bread
  • cabbage
  • sugar
  • scratch

Related Words

  • money

noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

Synonyms

  • borecole
  • Brassica oleracea acephala
  • cole
  • colewort
  • kail

Related Words

  • crucifer
  • cruciferous plant
  • Brassica
  • genus Brassica
  • collard

noun coarse curly-leafed cabbage

Synonyms

  • cole
  • kail

Related Words

  • cabbage
  • chou
  • collard greens
  • collards
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