Kail
or KALE, the name given in England and Scotland to a variety of the Brassica oleracea, differing from the cabbage in the open heads of its leaves, which are used as "greens" and as food for cattle. There are many varieties, the leaves being sometimes green, sometimes reddish-brown, sometimes purplish in color, and plain, waved, curled, or plant; it is sometimes perennial, as in the variety known as Milan kale (chou de Milan). It is variously known as borecole, winter greens, German greens, and Scotch kale.
KAILAS (ki-läs'), a sacred mountain of the Hindus in the Himalayas, near the sources of the Indus and Sutlej; height, 20,226 feet.
ΚΑΙΝΙΤΕ, a hydrous sulphate of potash and magnesia, found along with beds of rock-salt, especially in Germany and Austria. It is valuable for the production of double sulphate of potash and magnesia, and is used as a manure.