COLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cole mean? 

• COLE (noun)
  The noun COLE has 2 senses:

1. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

2. coarse curly-leafed cabbage

  Familiarity information: COLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

borecole; Brassica oleracea acephala; cole; colewort; kail; kale

Hypernyms ("cole" is a kind of...):

crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cole"):

collard (variety of kale having smooth leaves)

Holonyms ("cole" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coarse curly-leafed cabbage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cole; kail; kale

Hypernyms ("cole" is a kind of...):

cabbage; chou (any of various types of cabbage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cole"):

collard greens; collards (kale that has smooth leaves)

 Context examples 

Cole does not want to be wiser or wittier than his neighbours.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines and INSERM in France, implanted the device into the brains of mice, and when the first signals of a seizure were detected, delivered a native brain chemical which stopped the seizure from progressing.

(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)