Collard
/ˈkɑː.lərd/noun
A variety of cabbage with large edible leaves, especially one grown for greens.
Did you know?“Collard” comes from an old form meaning “with a collar,” because the plant’s leaves form a ring around the stem — no occult origin, but a very visual one.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kol-
“to bend, curve, or make round”
Latin
Latin
collum
“neck”
Late Latin
Latin
caulis
“stem, stalk, cabbage”
Old French
Old French
coler / colard
“with a collar; collared”
Middle English
English
colard
“cabbage with leaves forming a collar around the stem”
Modern English
English
collard
“a leafy cabbage grown for its edible greens”