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Chinese cabbage in British English
noun
1. Also called: pe-tsai cabbage
a Chinese plant, Brassica pekinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has crisp edible leaves growing in a loose cylindrical head
2. another name for bok choy
Chinese cabbage in American English
US
any of several vegetables (Brassica pekinensis and B. chinensis) of the crucifer family, having long, narrow leaves in loose, cylindrical heads and tasting somewhat like cabbage
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