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borecole

borecole

9.5
A leafy vegetable like cabbage with tough curly leaves
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : col rizada
  • Borecole thrives in cold weather and is harvested well into winter.

Examples

  • I bought some fresh borecole at the farmer's market.

  • We added chopped borecole to the soup for extra flavor and nutrition.

  • The farmer grows several varieties of borecole in his garden each year.

  • Do you like borecole in your salads?

  • Kale, also known as borecole, is one of the healthiest vegetables on the planet.

  • My grandmother grows borecole in her garden every year for healthy meals.

  • You can find borecole at the farmer's market, where it's sold fresh and organic.

Synonyms

cole
vsborecole
  • Archaic
110 8.1

A leafy vegetable like cabbage that people or animals eat and farmers grow

is the specific coarse-leaf variety rather than the broad family term
kale
vsborecole
43 2.4

A hardy green vegetable with curly leaves like cabbage

is a named variety with tough curly leaves that do not form a dense head
kail
vsborecole
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A leafy cabbage with coarse curly leaves often used in Scottish cooking

is the general form not limited to regional culinary use
colewort
vsborecole
  • Archaic
9.9

A type of cabbage grown as a vegetable with rough curly leaves that do not form a tight head

is usually treated as a named variety rather than just a general vegetable crop
Brassica oleracea acephala
vsborecole
  • Specialized
7.0

A hardy leafy vegetable like kale with thick curly leaves that do not form a head

is the common English name for this plant rather than the scientific term

How Leafy

borecole
  • Archaic
9.5
collard
  • US
15 5.4
cabbage
73 1.0
savoy
1 4.4

Surface Forms

borecole singular
borecoles plural

Etymology

The word borecole comes from an old Dutch name boer + kool, meaning 'farmer' and 'cabbage'. So it was a simple 'farmer' cabbage, which explains why borecole refers to the tough, leafy cabbage we now call kale.