kailan
See also: kai-lan
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Gailan.jpg/170px-Gailan.jpg)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2).
Noun
kailan (uncountable)
- Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:dim sum
Translations
vegetable
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Further reading
Kai-lan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brassica oleracea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2, “kailan”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kailan (first-person possessive kailanku, second-person possessive kailanmu, third-person possessive kailannya)
Further reading
- “kailan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʔiˈlan/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value relaxed pronunciation is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɛlan/
Pronoun
kailán
- (interrogative) when
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- en:Brassicas
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