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SEA KALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea kale mean?
• SEA KALE (noun)
The noun SEA KALE has 1 sense:
1. perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs
Familiarity information: SEA KALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Crambe maritima; sea cole; sea kale
Hypernyms ("sea kale" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("sea kale" is a member of...):
Crambe; genus Crambe (annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages)
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