noun
collard
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noun
1
A leafy variety of cabbage grown for its edible dark green leaves, usually called collard greens.
"Grandma always cooked collard greens with ham hocks."
How to Use Collard
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA leafy, cabbage-family vegetable, especially popular in Southern US cooking as "collard greens".
Common pairings
collard greens
Word Forms
collards plural
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Etymology
A shortened form of "colewort", an old word meaning cabbage greens.