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borecole
borecole (ˈbɔəkəʊl) Also 8 boorcole. [prob. ad. the Du. name boerenkool lit. ‘peasant's cabbage’.] A loose or open-headed variety of the cabbage, cultivated under the name of Kale.1712 Arbuthnot Hist. John Bull (1755) 24 His children..live upon salt herring, sowre crud, and borecole. 1813 C. Marshal...
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Acephala group
Group (Portuguese cabbage, seakale cabbage)
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The Acephala group of cultivars or variety for the species Brassica oleracea includes:
kale, or borecole Mabberley (1997, p. 120) has the Acephala group in three sub-groups: kale, borecole, and collards.
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Brassica oleracea
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kale
kale, kail (keɪl, Sc. kel) Forms: α. 3–4 cal, 3–9 cale, (5–6 Sc. cail (1, 6 call, 7 cayle), 4, 8– kale, (6–7 Sc. kaill), 7– Sc. kail. β. 5 kelle, 6 kel, 6–7 kele, keel(e, 7–9 keal(e, 8 kell. [Northern form of cole, q.v. The normal north. Eng. spelling was cale (now rare), the Sc. kaill, kail; the la...
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John Graeffer
The patent was issued for preserving "a vegetable of the Brassica kind, generally known by the name of green and brown borecole, scotch or other kale with
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cavolo nero
cavolo nero, n. Brit. /ˌkavələʊ ˈnɪərəʊ/, /ˌkavələʊ ˈnɛːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkɑvəˌloʊ ˈnɪroʊ/, /ˈkɑvəˌloʊ ˈniroʊ/, /ˈkævəˌloʊ ˈnɛroʊ/ Forms: 19– cavolo nero, 19– cavalo nero, 19– cavollo nero, 19– cavallo nero, 19– cavello nero [‹ Italian cavolo nero, lit. ‘black kale’ > n.2) + nero black (a 1292) > n...
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wintergreen
wintergreen (ˈwɪntəgriːn) [After Du. wintergroen, G. wintergrün.] 1. Name for various plants of low growth or creeping habit whose leaves remain green in winter. a. Any plant of the genus Pyrola, esp. P. minor, a woodland plant with roundish drooping white flowers. Also applied to plants of the alli...
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lang-kail
lang-kail Sc. [f. lang long a. + kail kale.] A variety of borecole; sometimes called ‘Scotch kale’. Also attrib.1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 89 And there will be lang-kail and pottage And bannocks of barley-meal. 1789 Burns Capt. Grose's Peregrin. viii, The knife that nicket Abel's craig..was ...
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hardy
▪ I. hardy, a. (ˈhɑːdɪ) Also 3–4 herdi, -y, (4 ardi). [a. F. hardi, nom. sing. hardiz (11th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) = Pr. ardit, It. ardito, pa. pple. of OF. hardir, Pr. ardir, It. ardire to harden, make hard, bold, etc., a. WGer. *hardjan, Goth. hardjan, OHG. hartjan to make hard, f. hard hard a.] 1. Bo...
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sour-crout
sour crout, sour-crout Also 7 sower crawt, 8 soure crud (after Du.), 9 sourcrout; 8 sour-krout, 8– sour krout, 9 sour kraut. [Anglicized form of sauerkraut.] 1. A fermented preparation of cabbage.α 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. ii. iii. 83 They vse to serue in sower crawt or cabbage vpon a voide circle of...
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turnip
▪ I. turnip, n. (ˈtɜːnɪp) Also 6–7 turnepe, (-eppe, -op), 6–9 turnep, (7 turnepp, turnup, turneupp, turneip, turnoop); dial. turmit, -at, -ut, tormit, tummit, etc. [In 16–17th c. turnepe, in 16–19th c. turnep, from c 1782 turnip; the second element being neep, nepe, or nep, OE. nǽp, ad. L. nāpus nav...
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