colewort
Example Sentences
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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
As the Thebans swore by Osiris, the Ionians by the cabbage and the colewort, so also in Athens Minerva formed the staple of the national oaths.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian
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
I heard tell likewise of a fresh colewort, from Cyprus in the East—they call it broccoli or kale-flower.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
Kail, colewort; broth is commonly termed kail; but, properly speaking, it is not kail until the second day.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
