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fat choy

fat choy noun: a blue-green alga (Nostoc flagelliforme) used as a vegetable in Chinese cooking.

Noun

fat choy (uncountable)

  1. a blue-green alga (Nostoc flagelliforme) used as a vegetable in Chinese cooking

Synonyms of fat choy

Origin of fat choy

Borrowed from Cantonese 髮菜 /发菜 (faat³ coi³).

Questions about fat choy

What does fat choy mean?
Fat choy means a blue-green alga (Nostoc flagelliforme) used as a vegetable in Chinese cooking.
What part of speech is fat choy?
Fat choy is a noun.

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