noun. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in the mustard family, having large smooth spreading leaves.

noun. A variety of cabbage with the fleshy leaves scattered upon the stem instead of gathered into a head.

noun. a variety of kale (Brassica oleracea) having smooth leaves; a type of colewort. It is grown in the southern U. S.

noun. A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.

noun. variety of kale having smooth leaves

"Page 56 like, and where fresh beef is scarcely ever tasted by the poor people, the collard is a very great blessing: because when boiled in a pot with a piece of fat meat and balls of corn meal dough, having the size and appearance of ordinary white turnips, called dumplings, it makes palatable a diet which would otherwise be all but intolerable."

borecole  brassica oleracea acephala  cole  colewort  kail  

Lollard  Pollard  bollard  collared  hollered  

SMA  bacta  broccoli  chard  choi  

borekale  collard greens