kale

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   Kale is a nutritious leaf vegetable.

From Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi.

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