菠菜

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Chinese

phonetic dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (菠菜)
simp. #(菠菜)
Spinach

Etymology

From earlier 波斯菜 (bōsīcài), from 波斯 (Bōsī, “Persia”) + (cài, “greens, vegetable”). Alternatively, short for 菠薐菜 (bōléngcài). Compare the etymology of English spinach.

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 菠菜

  1. spinach

Synonyms

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