COLLARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collard mean? 

• COLLARD (noun)
  The noun COLLARD has 1 sense:

1. variety of kale having smooth leaves

  Familiarity information: COLLARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Variety of kale having smooth leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

borecole; Brassica oleracea acephala; cole; colewort; kail; kale (a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head)

 Context examples 

Foods like milk, milk products like cheese and yogurt, fatty fish like mackerel and sardines, some greens like kale and collards and fortified cereals also are good sources.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A member of the family of vegetables that includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, and turnips.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Dictionary)