colewort
nounUK /ˈkəʊlwɜːt/
US /ˈkoʊlwɜːrt/
A leafy green plant that people cook and eat as a vegetable.
Grandma picked some colewort from the garden to make soup.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A general old name for any plant of the cabbage family.
Farmers once grew many kinds of colewort in the same field.
3. The edible leaves of such a plant, used as food.
She boiled the colewort and served it with butter.
4. A wild or uncultivated cabbage plant.
The colewort grew tall along the edge of the meadow.