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borecole

[bawr-kohl, bohr-]

noun

  1. kale.



borecole

/ ˈbɔːkəʊl /

noun

  1. another name for kale 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of borecole1

1705–15; < Dutch boerenkool literally, farmer's cabbage; equivalent to boer ( boor ) + -en- connective + kool cole
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Example Sentences

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March Kitchen Garden.—Sow main crops of wrinkled marrow peas; Longpod and Windsor beans; cabbage, onions, leeks, Early Horn carrots, parsnips, salsafy, scorzonera, Brussels sprouts, borecoles, lettuces and spinach.

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The best catalogues of seeds enumerate over twenty varieties, beside the cauliflowers, borecoles, &c.

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Then I made a little nursery of borecole and Enfield market cabbage, grubbing in wet earth with leggings and grey coat on.

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Brassica Rapa.—Of borecole we have two varieties; the purple, and green.

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From the 15th to 25th sow spinach, onions, borecole for wintering over.

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