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Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.
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bok choy — /bok choy / 1. an Asian plant, Brassica rapa chinensis, of the mustard family, having a loose cluster of edible, dark green leaves on white stalks. 2. the leaves and stalks of this plant cooked as a vegetable or eaten raw in salads. Also, bok… … Universalium
bok choy — [ˌbɔk ˈtʃɔı US ˌba:k ] n [Date: 1900 2000; : Chinese; Origin: paak ts oi white vegetable ] another spelling of ↑pak choi … Dictionary of contemporary English
bok choy — [ ,bak tʃɔı ] noun uncount a Chinese vegetable with long dark green leaves and white stems … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bok choy — type of Chinese cabbage, from Cantonese, lit. white vegetable … Etymology dictionary
bok choy — (BOK choy) [Chinese] A mild tasting Chinese cabbage with dark green leaves and white stems and ribs … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
bok choy — [bäk′ choi′] n. [Cantonese, lit., white vegetable] a variety of Chinese cabbage having pale green stalks and dark green leaves … English World dictionary
bok choy — noun 1. Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves • Syn: ↑bok choi, ↑pakchoi, ↑pak choi, ↑Chinese white cabbage, ↑Brassica rapa chinensis • Hypernyms: ↑crucifer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bok choy — Pour les articles homonymes, voir chou. bok choy (pak choi) … Wikipédia en Français
Bok choy — Pok Choi Baby Pok Choi (Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis) Systematik Unterklasse: Rosenähnliche (Rosidae) … Deutsch Wikipedia
bok choy — /bɒk ˈtʃɔɪ/ (say bok choy) noun a vegetable, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, with white stalks and dark green leaves; celery cabbage. Also, buk choy. {Chinese} …
bok choy — or bok choy [[t]ˈbɒk ˈtʃɔɪ[/t]] n. pln coo an Asian plant, Brassica rapa chinensis, of the mustard family, having a loose cluster of dark green leaves on white stalks, used as a vegetable • Etymology: 1935–40; < Chin dial. (Guangdong) baahk… … From formal English to slang
