bok choy

bok choy

Brassica rapa

subsp. chinensis

bok choy

also pak choi (bŏk′ choi′)

A plant (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) in the mustard family, having a loose head of dark green leaves with thick white stems and eaten as a vegetable in eastern Asian cuisine. Also called Chinese cabbage.

[Cantonese baak6 coi3, from Middle Chinese pɦa⋮jk ts^haj` (also the source of Mandarin báicài) : pɦa⋮jk, white + ts^haj`, vegetable.]

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bok choy

(ˈbɒk ˈtʃɔɪ)

(Plants) a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leaves. Also called: Chinese cabbage, Chinese leaf or pak-choi cabbage

[from Chinese dialect, literally: white vegetable]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bok choy

or bok-choy

(ˈbɒk ˈtʃɔɪ)
n.

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.

[1935–40; < Chinese dial. (Guangdong) baahk-chòi, akin to Chinese báicài literally, white vegetable]

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Noun	1.	bok choy - Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves bok choi, Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, pak choi, pakchoi crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae Brassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.
	2.	bok choy - elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks bok choi cabbage, chou - any of various types of cabbage

Translations

Pak Choi

kiinankaali

chou chinois

kinakål

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