collards /(kŏl"lẽrdz)/

col·lards

collards

n. pl.
  1. Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort. [Colloq. Southern U. S.]
  2. A kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated in the southern United States as a vegetable.