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collard

collard

15 5.4
A leafy green like kale with large smooth leaves cooked as a vegetable
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒl.ərd/
  • US
translation icon : berza
  • Is that healthier than eating rice, beans and collard greens every day?
  • collard greens
  • collard leaves
  • fresh collards

And that is where white people go to eat collard greens.

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Examples

  • I got some chicken and collard greens.

  • The recipe calls for fresh collard greens and spices to enhance the flavor.

  • And that is where white people go to eat collard greens.

  • Go fix me some collard greens.

  • And I really want a big pot of collard Greens.

  • So I think I would love, you know, some collard greens and some Mac and cheese.

  • I know you like hot sauce on your collard greens.

  • Well, will you pass me the potatoes and the collard greens?

  • The collards we had last week were delicious.

  • Mrs. Upchurch had cooked collards in a big black pot on the rusty old iron cookstove and baked sweet potatoes.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

kale
vscollard
43 2.4

A hardy green vegetable with curly leaves like cabbage

is a member of that group but has large smooth leaves instead
collard greens
vscollard
  • US
11 2.5

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

is the general name that does not mention leaf color
collards
vscollard
  • US
4.5

A leafy green vegetable with large smooth leaves often cooked

is the singular form used as the standard common name
Brassica oleracea acephala
vscollard
  • Specialized
7.0

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

is the everyday food name rather than a technical term

Compounds

11 2.5

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

How Leafy

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

Surface Forms

collard singular
collards plural

Etymology

Collard comes from an old word cole meaning 'cabbage', the same idea you see in coleslaw. So a collard is simply a cabbage-like leafy green, which explains why we cook its large edible leaves.