colewort en · NOUN
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coolwort, coulwort, cole-wort, caule worte, equivalent to cole + wort.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head and used for food, such as kale.
[W]e may observe that water will more readily wet some woods then others; and that water, let fall upon a Feather, the whiter side of a Colwort, and some other leaves, or upon almost any dusty, unctuous, or resinous superficies, will not at all adhere to them, but easily tumble off from them, like a solid Bowl […].
1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:Fat coleworts, and comforting perseline , Cold lettuce , and refreshing rosmarine
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| colwort | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| coleworts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
it ravizzone (kale) · fr chou (kale) · it cavolo (kale) · el λαχανίδα (kale) · ro varză nemțească (kale) · pt couve (kale) · oc caulet (kale) · fr chou commun (kale) · la ērūca (kale) · es col silvestre (kale) · ca col verda (kale)