9 definitions found for Kale

Kale KALE, n. [L. caulis.] Sea-cale, an esculent plant of the genus Crambe.

kale n 1: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum] 2: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala] 3: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: kale, kail, cole]

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kale noun Etymology: Scots, from Middle English (northern) cal, from Old English cāl — more at cole Date: 14th century 1. a. cole b. a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head; also its leaves used as a vegetable 2. slang money

kale
n. (also kail)
1 a variety of cabbage, esp. one with wrinkled leaves and no compact head. Also called curly kale.
2 US sl. money.
Etymology: ME, northern form of COLE

kale Kale is a vegetable that is similar to a cabbage. N-UNCOUNT

kale keɪl n. (also kail) 1 a variety of cabbage, esp. one with wrinkled leaves and no compact head. Also called curly kale. 2 US sl. money. [ME, northern form of COLE]

Kale Kale, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.] 1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also kail, and cale.] 2. See Kail, 2. Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.

kale n. Colewort.