kale Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun informal terms for money
    moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
  2. noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
    Brassica oleracea acephala; borecole; kail; cole; colewort.
  3. noun coarse curly-leafed cabbage
    cole; kail.

WordNet

Kale noun
Etymology
Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913