collard

[ kol-erd ]

/ ˈkɒl ərd /

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noun

a variety of kale, Brassica oleracea acephala, grown in the southern U.S., having a rosette of green leaves.

collards. Also called collard greens. the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

Words nearby collard

collar button, collar cell, collar rot, collar-button abscess, collarbone, collard, collared dove, collared lizard, collared peccary, collaret, collarette

Origin of collard

1745–55; variant of colewort, with assimilation of -wort to -ard

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Examples from the Web for collard

I remember them coming over all adorable with mac and cheese, collard greens, fried chicken.
All Eyes on Anjelica Huston: The Legendary Actress on Love, Abuse, and Jack Nicholson|Alex Suskind|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Collard greens are the traditional green vegetable of the South.
What to Eat: Southern Soul Food|Cookstr.com|January 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Which of the two had better served his cause, Ramel vanquished or Collard—of Nantes—dying in the full blaze of success?
His Excellency the Minister|Jules Claretie
The boy whom Sergeant Collard had seen climbing the pipe must have been making for this study.
Mike|P. G. Wodehouse

Corn bread, beans, sweet potatoes (Irish potatoes being unknown) and collard greens were the principal foods eaten.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
Collard more than held his own, but Barthlemy, as in the case of his duel with Cournet, was not going to fight fairly.
Remarkable Rogues|Charles Kingston
The prisoner was conveyed to the hospital where Collard, barely conscious, denounced him as his assassin.
Remarkable Rogues|Charles Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for collard

collard

/ (ˈkɒləd) /

noun

a variety of the cabbage, Brassica oleracea acephala, having a crown of edible leavesSee also kale 1

the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable

Word Origin for collard

C18: variant of colewort

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