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Webster 1913 Edition


Kale

Kale

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kale

KALE

,
Noun.
[L. caulis.] Sea-cale, an esculent plant of the genus Crambe.

Definition 2024


Kale

Kale

See also: kale, Kâle, kalė, and kalë

English

Proper noun

Kale

  1. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

Greenlandic

Etymology

Archaic spelling of Kali.

Proper noun

Kale

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
  • Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowing from English Charles.

Proper noun

Kale

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 181
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kale (which might also stand for Kāle) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 13 women and 22 men.

kale

kale

See also: Kale, Kâle, kalė, and kalë

English

Curly kale, one of the many varieties of kale

Noun

kale (usually uncountable, plural kales)

  1. An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
  2. Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
  3. (slang) money
    • 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012:
      I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.

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Basque

Noun

kale

  1. street

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