资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael;
akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See {Cole}.]
1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not
form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the
species. [Written also {kail}, and {cale}.]
2. See {Kail}, 2.
{Sea kale} (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb ({Crambe
maritima}), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Crambe maritima
n : perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe
and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white
flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as
potherbs [syn: {sea kale}, {sea cole}]