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Chinese cabbage
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English
thumb|Chinese cabbage (bok choy)
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chinese cabbage.wav US
Noun
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Any East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage, especially subspecies or varieties of Brassica rapa species.
Bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis species).
Napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis subspecies).
Synonyms
bok choy Chinese chard, Chinese mustard, celery mustard, spoon cabbage
napa cabbage nappa cabbage, Korean cabbage, celery cabbage, wombok Australia
Translations
any East Asian leafy vegetable
Burmese: my မုန်ညှင်းဖြူ
Czech: cs čínské zelí n
Fijian: fj kaveti ni Tiaina, fj kaveti ni Jaina
Irish: ga cabáiste Síneach m
Italian: it cavolo di Pechino m, it cavolo cinese m
Polish: pl kapusta pekińska f
Romanian: ro varză chinezească f
Turkish: tr Çin lahanası
bok choy
napa cabbage
en Brassicas Vegetables