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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Sea cab·bage Bot. See Sea kale, under Kale.
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Sea kale Bot. See under Kale.
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sea kale
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 cole, Crambe maritima]