cole Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
    kale; Brassica oleracea acephala; borecole; kail; colewort.
  2. noun coarse curly-leafed cabbage
    kail; kale.

WordNet

Cole noun
Etymology
OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. . Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

Webster 1913