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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs [syn: sea kale, sea cole, Crambe maritima]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1699 a succulent Eurasian perennial herb (Crambe maritima) of the mustard family used as a potherb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sea kale Sea" kale" (Bot.) See under Kale.