English Explanatory Dictionary

choy sum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

choy sum choi sum

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”). Doublet of caixin.

Synonyms

Chinese flowering cabbage caixin yu choy yau choy
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