Kale vs. Seaweed: What's the Difference?

A plant (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in the mustard family, having dark green, spreading, usually crinkled leaves that are eaten as a vegetable. Also called borecole, cole, colewort.

Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp, rockweed, or gulfweed.

(Slang) Money.

A mass of such algae.

An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

Any of numerous marine plants and algae, such as a kelp.

Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.

(by extension) Any of various fresh water plants and algae.

(cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.

Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.

Money.

Any marine plant of the class Algæ, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.

A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.

Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

See Kail, 2.

Informal terms for money

A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

Coarse curly-leafed cabbage