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
"I could be sorry for these men," he said, "ay, and for that poor Queen, but what avail earthly sorrows to a man of fourscore?—and it is a rare dropping morning for the early colewort."
From The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott
Kail, colewort; broth is commonly termed kail; but, properly speaking, it is not kail until the second day.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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 Florence Daniel
The huile de colza, extracted from the colewort, is still very largely used, and is an excellent oil for lamps; and acetylene is beginning to take the place of coal-gas as an illuminator.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by William Walton
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