kale
/keɪl
/(also kail)
noun [mass noun]
1A hardy cabbage of a variety which produces erect stems with large leaves and no compact head. See also curly kale.Some vegetables in this category include cabbage, collards, kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, mustard greens, turnips and radishes....
- These include: sweet peas, French beans, runner beans, endive, kale, red cabbage, and ruby chard.
- Besides milk and milk products, excellent sources of calcium include calcium-fortified orange juice, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, kale and bok choy.
2North American informal, dated Money.
Origin
Middle English: northern English form of cole.
cauliflower from late 16th century:
Cauliflower is a modified form of the Italian cavoli fiori, literally ‘cabbage flowers’—cavoli comes from Latin caulis ‘cabbage’, the source also of kale (Middle English). The original 16th-century English forms colieflorie and cole-flory had their first element influenced by the cole (Old English) ‘cabbage’, and only later was the spelling changed to match the original Latin root.
Rhymes
- relaxedly
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- relaxin
- relaxion
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