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bok choi

bok choi 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 bok choi

What is bok choi the alternative spelling of?
Bok choi is the alternative spelling of bok choy.

Words near bok choi in the dictionary

  1. BoJo
  2. Bojorquez
  3. Bojorquezes
  4. bojutsu
  5. bok
  6. bok choi
  7. bok choy
  8. bok chwee
  9. Bok globule
  10. Bok globules
  11. bok zwee

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