Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - kale

 noun  Etymology: Scots, from Middle English (northern) cal, from Old English cal — more at cole  Date: 14th century  1.  a. cole  b. a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head; also its leaves used as a vegetable  2. slang money KALEIDOSCOPE  noun  Etymology: Greek kalos beautiful + eidos form + English -scope — more at idyll  Date: 1817  1. an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns  2. something resembling a ~: as  a. a variegated changing pattern or scene the lake a ~ of changing colors — Robert Gibbings  b. a succession of changing phases or actions a…~ of shifting values, information, fashions — Frank McLaughlin  c. a diverse collection newsgroups devoted to a ~ of topics — J. M. Moran  • kaleidoscopic adjective  • kaleidoscopically adverb