name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as a patronymic.
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name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
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noun
A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.
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noun
variety of kale having smooth leaves
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Broader terms: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala
History
From a medieval pejorative form of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.
Syncopic form of colewort (“cabbage, cabbage greens”), from Middle English colewort, coolwort, coulwort (“colewort”).
Across languages
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