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1.
cal-stok
n.
Additional spellings:
calstok
7 quotations in 1 sense
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A cabbage stalk; ?also, the stalk of a similar plant.
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cōl
n.(1)
46 quotations in 3 senses
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Cabbage, kale, colewort, rape, mustard, or some other plant of the genus Brassica; also, any cultivated leafy vegetable, garden greens, pot-herbs.
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caul
n.
41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Cabbage, kale, colwort, rape, mustard, or some other plant of the genus Brassica; also, any cultivated leafy vegetable, garden greens, pot-herbs; (b)
wilde caul
, wild mustard, charlock.
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