choy sum
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”).
Noun[edit]
choy sum (uncountable)
- A Chinese vegetable, a variety of Brassica rapa parachinensis subspecies, similar to bok choy but slimmer, with smooth green leaves and pale green stems, and clusters of flowers on the tips of the inner shoots
Synonyms[edit]
- (Brassica rapa parachinensis): Chinese flowering cabbage, caixin
Translations[edit]
vegetable
References[edit]
- Marie Claire Food + Drink by Michele Cranston (Murdoch Books, 2001)
Further reading[edit]
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Chinese cabbage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia