bok choy

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bok choy

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Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak6 coi3, “white vegetable”).

Noun

bok choy (uncountable)

  1. Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.

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