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Definition of Collards
1. Noun. Kale that has smooth leaves.
Definition of Collards
1. n. pl. Young cabbage, used as "greens"; esp. a kind cultivated for that purpose; colewort.
Definition of Collards
1. Noun. (plural of collard) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Collards
1. collard [n] - See also: collard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collards
Literary usage of Collards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Vegetable Book by Mae Savell Croy (1917)
"Ij the leaves of collards are tied up when they are from four to six inches ...
collards require a liberal supply of -water at all stages of their growth, ..."
2. How to Make a Vegetable Garden: A Practical and Suggestive Manual for the by Edith Loring Jones Fullerton (1905)
"... just as well have old, shriveled, wilted vegetables as those freshly picked.
The leaves that may be cooked are known as " greens "—cabbage, collards, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"In the North, where heading cabbages can be raised, collards of whatever kind
... collards. A kind of kale. Probably several somewhat different plants pass ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"collards. A kind of kale. In the south, a form of the plant known as Georgia
collards is much grown for domestic use and the southern market. ..."
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