SEA KALE

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Meaning:

Perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs

Synonyms:

Crambe maritima; sea cole; sea kale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sea kale" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("sea kale" is a member of...):

Crambe; genus Crambe (annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages)

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