Search Result for "crambe maritima":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: sea kale, sea cole, Crambe maritima]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See Cole.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also kail, and cale.] [1913 Webster] 2. See Kail, 2. [1913 Webster] Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Crambe maritima n 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 [syn: sea kale, sea cole, Crambe maritima]