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collard greenses

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col⋅lard

  [kol-erd]
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–noun
1. a variety of kale, Brassica oleracea acephala, grown in the southern U.S., having a rosette of green leaves.
2. collards. Also called collard greens. the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
Origin:
1745–55; var. of colewort, with assimilation of -wort to -ard
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collard 
1755, Amer.Eng., corruption of colewort (M.E.) "cabbage," later especially "kale, greens," related to the cole in coleslaw.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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