kale

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

kale, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.].

•  A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.  [1913 Webster]
•  See Kail, 2.  [1913 Webster]

Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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