black cabbage

noun

: tuscan kale

If you can't find black cabbage—also known as dinosaur kale or cavolo nero—you can substitute green kale.

—Carla Spartos, New York Post, 13 Jan. 2010

… pot-roasted partridge goes beautifully with pancetta, black cabbage and onions.

—James Suckling, Wine Spectator, 28 Feb. 1997

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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