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kail

var. of KALE.

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noun

1. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

• Syn: ↑kale, ↑cole, ↑borecole, ↑colewort, ↑Brassica oleracea acephala

• Hypernyms: ↑crucifer, ↑cruciferous plant

• Hyponyms: ↑collard

• Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica

2. coarse curly-leafed cabbage

• Syn: ↑kale, ↑cole

• Hypernyms: ↑cabbage, ↑chou

• Hyponyms: ↑collards, ↑collard greens

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variant of kale

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/kayl/, n.

kale.

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kail¹ /kāl/

noun

1. A ninepin

2. (in pl) the game of ninepins

3. (in pl) skittles

ORIGIN: Cf Du kegel, Ger Kegel, Fr quille

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kail «kayl», noun.

= kale. (Cf. ↑kale)

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kail

variant of kale, colewort, broth.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.