[ noun ] a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head <noun.plant>
Colewort \Cole"wort`\, n. [AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. {Collards}.] 1. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.
2. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.