Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colewort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cole-wort
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head and used for food, such as kale.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Fat coleworts, and comforting perseline , Cold lettuce , and refreshing rosmarine"
"[W]e may observe that water will more readily wet some woods then others; and that water, let fall upon a Feather, the whiter side of a Colwort, and some other leaves, or upon almost any dusty, unctuous, or resinous superficies, will not at all adhere to them, but easily tumble off from them, like a solid Bowl […]."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English coolwort, coulwort, cole-wort, caule worte, equivalent to cole + wort.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: coolwort

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

coleworts (plural) colwort (alternative, obsolete)

Phrases

sea colewort

Frequently Paired Words

coleslaw collard

Synonyms

cole kale kail borecole brassica oleracea acephala

Questions

What does colewort mean?: A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head and used for food, such as kale.
Where does colewort come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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