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noun
- an Asian plant, Brassica rapa chinensis, of the mustard family, having a loose cluster of edible, dark-green leaves on white stalks.
- the leaves and stalks of this plant cooked as a vegetable or eaten raw in salads.
noun
- a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leavesAlso called: Chinese cabbage, Chinese leaf, pak-choi cabbage
type of Chinese cabbage, from Cantonese, literally “white vegetable.”