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kale

(kāl)

1. A plant (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in the mustard family, having dark green, spreading, usually crinkled leaves that are eaten as a vegetable. Also called borecole, cole, colewort.

2. Slang Money.

[Middle English col, kal; see cole.]

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kale

(keɪl) or

kail

1. (Plants) a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea acephala, with crinkled leaves: used as a potherb. See also collard

2. Scot a cabbage

3. slang US money

Compare (for senses 1, 2): sea kale

[Old English cāl; see cole]

kale

(keɪl)

dialect Northern English a queue

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

kale

(keɪl)

n.

1. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having wrinkled leaves used as a vegetable.

2. Slang. money.

[1250–1300; Middle English cale, northern variant of cole]

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Noun	1.	kale - informal terms for money boodle, clams, dinero, gelt, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, wampum, loot, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratch money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"
	2.	kale - a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, colewort, kail crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae Brassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc. collard - variety of kale having smooth leaves
	3.	kale - coarse curly-leafed cabbage cole, kail cabbage, chou - any of various types of cabbage collard greens, collards - kale that has smooth leaves

Translations

kapusta

grønkål

Grünkohl grad

grænkál

cavolo verde

grønnkål

jarmuż

kel

grönkål

kale

[keɪl] N (Bot) → col f rizada

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kale

[ˈkeɪl] n → chou m frisé

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

kale

, kail

n → Grünkohl m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

kale

[keɪl] n → cavolo verde

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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