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pe-tsai

  [bey-tsahy]
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–noun
Chinese cabbage.
Origin:
1785–95; < Chin (Wade-Giles) pai2ts'ai4, (pinyin) báicái (literary bócài) lit., white vegetable; cf. bok choy

Chinese cabbage

 
–noun
a plant, Brassica rapa pekinensis, forming a long, dense head of broad, whitish leaves used in salads and Oriental cuisine.
Also called celery cabbage, Chinese celery, napa, pe-tsai.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism
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n.  

  1. A plant (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) of the mustard family, having an elongated head of overlapping, crinkled, broad-stalked leaves and eaten as a vegetable in eastern Asian cuisine. Also called celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai.

  2. See bok choy.

pe-tsai   (bā'tsī')   
n.  See Chinese cabbage.

[Chinese (Mandarin) bái cài; see bok choy.]
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