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Colewort

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See kale.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

n. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The common cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea.

n. A young cabbage cut before the head is formed.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"The original of all the cabbage tribe is the wild plant sea-colewort, which is to be found wasting whatever sweetness it may have on the desert air, on many of the cliffs of the south coast of England."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

crucifer cruciferous plant

Hyponym

collard

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cole