kale
nounA plant (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in the mustard family, having dark green, spreading, usually crinkled leaves that are eaten as a vegetable.
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nounIn Scotland, loosely, cabbage in general, and by extension any kind of greens; specifically, both there and elsewhere, any variety of cabbage with curled or wrinkled leaves not forming compact heads like the common cabbage, nor yielding a fleshy edible inflorescence like the cauliflower and broccoli, and usually having a long stalk; borecole.
nounA broth made in Scotland in which kale or cabbage is a principal ingredient; hence, any soup, no matter of what composed, and, by a further extension, dinner: as, will you come and tak’ your kale wi’ me?
nounBrassica oleracea, the cabbage-plant, in its wild state.
nounA variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.
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a European cruciferous herb (
An edible plant, similar to