colewort
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“Collards is a corruption of colewort — colewort is any non-heading cabbage,” said Dr. Harris, the author of “High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America.”
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2021
"I could be sorry for these men," he said, "ay, and for that poor Queen, but what avail earthly sorrows to a man of fourscore?—and it is a rare dropping morning for the early colewort."
From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir
Basil, balm, borage, burnet, celery, chervil, colewort, coriander, corn-salad, cresses, endive, French fennel, lettuce, mint, mustard, nasturtiums, nettle-tops, parsley, pennyroyal, radishes, rape, sage, sorrel, spinage, tarragon, and water-cresses.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
His remedies were principally extracted from herbs; and colewort, or cabbage, was his favourite cure38.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
In these beds, along with the tobacco, they generally sow kale, colewort, and cabbage seed, &c., at the same time.
