sea kale

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sea kale - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea kale \Sea" kale"\ (Bot.)
     See under Kale.
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  Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael;
     akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.]
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     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.]
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     2. See Kail, 2.
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     Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe  maritima
        ), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
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sea kale - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea kale
      n 1: 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, Crambe maritima]