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kale

kale

43 2.4
A hardy green vegetable with curly leaves like cabbage
  • noun
  • /keɪl/
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  • I made a delicious salad with fresh kale, cherry tomatoes, and avocado.
  • kale and tomatoes

So you can, if you like kale, go ahead and try it.

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Examples

  • How about a nice kale salad from Tender Greens?

  • Oh by the way, this is the kale Caesar from Sweet Green.

  • So we start with the kale and the rest of the plants.

  • So you can, if you like kale, go ahead and try it.

  • Part of the reason the kale was so expensive is probably because it is January.

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  • I found kale chips in your kitchen.

  • "It's fun, and you benefit from it because we grew kale and we ate it," she said.

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  • In the summer, I can get kale for cheap, cheap, cheap at the Farmer's Market.

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  • The kale I planted in the fall performed much better than the kale I planted in the spring.

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  • Something has already eaten half of our carrot seedlings, but the kale is looking good.

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Synonyms

collard
vskale
  • US
15 5.4

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

is the curled leaf cabbage form not the smooth leaf cooking variety
collard greens
vskale
  • US
11 2.5

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

is the curly leafy type rather than the large smooth leaf variety
kail
vskale
  • Archaic
1 8.4

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

is the broader name not tied to Scottish cooking
borecole
vskale
  • Archaic
9.5

A leafy vegetable like cabbage with tough curly leaves

is the alternative name referring to the same vegetable form
Brassica oleracea acephala
vskale
  • Specialized
7.0

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

is the common everyday name for this scientific cabbage type
colewort
vskale
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is focused on eating that same hardy leafy vegetable
collards
vskale
  • US
4.5

A leafy green vegetable with large smooth leaves often cooked

is the curly leaf form rather than the large smooth leaf type

Compounds

8.7

A coastal plant with thick blue-green leaves and edible shoots

How Tough

cabbage
73 1.0
collard
  • US
15 5.4
kale
43 2.4
spinach
94 1.0
lettuce
93 1.0

Surface Forms

kale singular
kales plural

Etymology

Kale comes from an old word that meant 'cabbage' and is related to cauliflower, so kale is simply a cabbage-like green you eat.