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kale

  [keyl]
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–noun
1. Also called borecole. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having curled or wrinkled leaves: used as a vegetable.
2. Scot. cabbage.
3. Slang. money.
Also, kail.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME cale, northern var. of cole
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kale   (kāl)   
n.  
  1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in the mustard family, having spreading crinkled leaves that do not form a compact head. Also called borecole, cole, colewort, collard.
  2. Slang Money.

[Middle English col, kal; see cole.]
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Kale

Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.]

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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Language Translation for : kale
Spanish: bastión, baluarte,
German: das Bollwerk, die Festung,
Japanese: とりで
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kale 
c.1300, M.E. cawul, surviving as a Scottish variant of cole "cabbage" (see cole-slaw). Slang meaning "money" is from 1902.
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