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colewort definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century cole; especially one (as kale) that forms no head

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Colewort Cole"wort`, n. [AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. Collards.] 1. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head. 2. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Kale or kail.