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bak choy

bak choy is the alternative spelling of bok choy.

Meaning of bok choy

Noun

bok choy (uncountable)

  1. Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.
    • A new highway near Hong Kong has the right-of-way where a farmer now squeezes in a patch of bok choy. In the past decade development has overrun much of China's arable land.1998 October, T. R. Reid, “Feeding the Planet”, in National Geographic, number 4, page 75
    Synonyms:
    Chinese chard, Chinese mustard, celery mustard, spoon cabbage

Questions about bak choy

What is bak choy the alternative spelling of?
Bak choy is the alternative spelling of bok choy.

Words near bak choy in the dictionary

  1. Bajwa
  2. Bajwas
  3. bak
  4. bak chang
  5. bak chor mee
  6. bak choy
  7. bak kut teh
  8. bak kwa
  9. bak tong gou
  10. bak zhang
  11. baka

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