Kale is my favorite vegetable. It is a leaf cabbage with edible leaves.
I cannot stomach kale, I like regular lettuce though
Kale
Kale () or leaf cabbage is one of certain cultivars of cabbage ("Brassica oleracea") grown for their edible leaves, although some are used as ornamentals. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head (as with headed cabbage). Kales are considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most of the many domesticated forms of "Brassica oleracea".
Etymology.
"Kale" originates from Northern Middle English "cale" (compare Scots "kail
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