colewort

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“Collards is a corruption of colewort — colewort is any non-heading cabbage,” said Dr. Harris, the author of “High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America.”

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2021

These words are evidently of the same class, though not of the same species with bishopric, colewort, spillikin, gossip, mainswearer, &c.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Runts, the trunks of trees, the stem of colewort.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

The same facts are observed in vegetables; the celery sprung from the nauseous and bitter apium graveolens, and the colewort, is metamorphosed into the cabbage and the cauliflower.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

All the varieties of the colewort tribe, including cabbage, cauliflower, brussels-sprouts, broccoli, and curly greens, have been celebrated from very ancient times for their curative virtues in pulmonary complaints.

From Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses by Daniel, Florence