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collards

collards

4.5
A leafy green vegetable with large smooth leaves often cooked
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒl.ərdz/
  • US
translation icon : berza
  • They cooked the collards with garlic and olive oil for a delicious side dish.

Other ones are mustards, collards, Brussels sprouts, cabbage.

Examples

  • These are tree collards, which I really loved this year because they taste just like collard greens.

  • Other ones are mustards, collards, Brussels sprouts, cabbage.

    MIgardener

  • Another thing is collards, like I said, radishes.

  • My grandmother always includes collards in her favorite vegetable soup recipe.

  • For dinner, we had a salad topped with sautéed collards and a sprinkle of cheese.

Synonyms

kale
vscollards
43 2.4

A hardy green vegetable with curly leaves like cabbage

is the smooth leaf form eaten cooked rather than the curly type
collard
vscollards
  • US
15 5.4

A leafy green like kale with large smooth leaves cooked as a vegetable

is the common plural form used for that vegetable in speech
collard greens
vscollards
  • US
11 2.5

A leafy green vegetable with large dark leaves often cooked and eaten as a side

is the shorter plural form without the extra descriptive noun
Brassica oleracea acephala
vscollards
  • Specialized
7.0

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

is a cultivated variety with large smooth leaves rather than a species name

Surface Forms

collards singular
collards plural

Morphology

collards = collard (transparent) = collard + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'collard'; meaning is directly the plural of the base vegetable.

Etymology

Collards comes from the old word colewort, where cole meant 'cabbage' and wort meant 'plant'. So collards are a kind of cabbage-like green with large leaves, which is why the name fits this cooked vegetable.