Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael;
   akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.]
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   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.]
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   2. See Kail, 2.
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   Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe
      maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.
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	kale
     n 1: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
           clams, dinero, dough, gelt, lettuce, lolly,
           lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels,
           simoleons, sugar, wampum]
     2: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a
        head [syn: kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica
        oleracea acephala]
     3: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: kail, cole]