colewort
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of colewort
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at cole, wort 2
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
His remedies were principally extracted from herbs; and colewort, or cabbage, was his favourite cure38.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
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)
Then upon thyme and tansy think, On fields of sainfoin, ruddy pink, On dells deep down and rocks upreared, On lad's-love and on old-man's-beard, On spearmint and on silver sages, On colewort and on saxifrages!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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