collard greens

English

prepared collard greens as part of a southern US dinner

Etymology

Attribution of collard to greens.

Noun

collard greens pl (plural only)

1. A form of Brassica oleracea, sometimes called Brassica oleracea var. acephala or Brassica oleracea var. viridis, similar to kale, that is a popular food in the rural southern United States.

Translations

plant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羽衣甘藍／羽衣甘蓝 (yǔyī gānlán)

• Finnish: lehtikaali (fi)
• French: chou cavalier (fr) m, chou fourrager (fr) m
• Galician: verza (gl) f, col galega f
• German: Markstammkohl m, Kohlblätter n pl
• Japanese: コラードグリーン (korādogurīn)
• Portuguese: couve-galega (pt) f, couve-manteiga f
• Russian: листова́я капу́ста f (listovája kapústa)
• Spanish: col verde f, berza silvestre f, repollo forrajero m, col abierta f

Further reading

• collard greens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brassica oleracea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Brassica oleracea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• collard greens at USDA Plants database
• collard greens at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.