Sea-kale

  • 1Sea kale — Kale Kale, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See {Cole}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the… …

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  • 2Sea kale — (Bot.) See under {Kale}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3sea kale — sea′ kale n. pln a European broad leaved maritime plant, Crambe maritima, of the mustard family • Etymology: 1690–1700 …

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  • 4sea kale — n. [from growing near the coast] a fleshy, European, coastal plant (Crambe maritima) of the crucifer family, whose edible young shoots are blanched and used like asparagus …

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  • 5sea kale — pajūrinė balža statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos daržovinis, dekoratyvinis augalas (Crambe maritima), paplitęs Europoje ir pietvakarių Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Crambe maritima angl. common colewort; sea kale; sea kale vok …

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  • 6sea-kale — pajūrinė balža statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos daržovinis, dekoratyvinis augalas (Crambe maritima), paplitęs Europoje ir pietvakarių Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Crambe maritima angl. common colewort; sea kale; sea kale vok …

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  • 7sea kale — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑herb,… …

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  • 8sea-kale — n. See sea cabbage …

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  • 9sea kale — noun Date: 1699 a succulent Eurasian perennial herb (Crambe maritima) of the mustard family used as a potherb …

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  • 10sea kale — a European broad leaved maritime plant, Crambe maritima, of the mustard family, having fleshy, blue basal leaves, used as a pot plant. [1690 1700] * * * ▪ plant  (Crambe maritima), cabbagelike perennial plant in a genus of about 20 species in the …

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