Kale n.
1. Bot. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also kail, and cale.]
2. See Kail, 2.
Sea kale Bot., a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
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Crambe maritima
n : perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe
and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white
flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as
potherbs [syn: sea kale, sea cole]