cole

Leafy vegetable genus

Cole is an old or regional word for plants of the cabbage family—cabbage, kale, broccoli, and their relatives.

It survives mainly in compounds like coleslaw and colcannon.

The word shares ancestry with kale and cauliflower. (Capitalized Cole is a given name.)

vegetable

cabbage

Leafy vegetable head

rapini · mustard greens · bok choy · turnip · rutabaga · savoy · romanesco · watercress · arugula · radish

nutrition

vitamins

Essential organic nutrients

calcium · iron · cruciferous · phytonutrients · folate · vitamin K · vitamin C · low-calorie · leafy greens · superfood

cultivation

garden

Cultivated plant area

soil · composting · mulching · greenhouse · irrigation · transplanting · bolting · overwintering · crop · allotment

surname

family

Related people together

heritage · lineage

Opposites
vegetable type/plant family

coleroot vegetables

Edible underground plant parts

tubers · root crops · potatoes · carrots · beets

plant morphology/vegetable type

coleroot vegetables

Edible underground plant parts

tubers · roots · carrot · potato · beet

Phrases
Family

collard, colectomy

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G