Marog vs. Kale — What's the Difference?

(South African) Any of several edible plants of the Amaranthus genus, used locally in South Africa as spinach.

Kale (), or leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (Brassica oleracea) cultivars grown for their edible leaves, although some are used as ornamentals. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head (as with headed cabbage).

A hardy cabbage of a variety which produces erect stems with large leaves and no compact head.

Money.

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.

(Slang) Money.

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

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

(cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.

Money.

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

See Kail, 2.

Informal terms for money

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

Coarse curly-leafed cabbage