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kinchay

kinchay noun: chinese celery ("varieties of Apium graveolens, sometimes called Apium graveolens var. secalinum").

Noun

kinchay (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) Chinese celery ("varieties of Apium graveolens, sometimes called Apium graveolens var. secalinum")

Forms of kinchay

alternative formkinchai
alternative formkintsay

Origin of kinchay

Borrowed from Hokkien 芹菜 (khîn-chhài, “celery”).

Questions about kinchay

What does kinchay mean?
Kinchay means chinese celery ("varieties of Apium graveolens, sometimes called Apium graveolens var. secalinum").
What part of speech is kinchay?
Kinchay is a noun.

Words near kinchay in the dictionary

  1. kincentric ecology
  2. Kincer
  3. Kincers
  4. Kinch
  5. kinchaku
  6. kinchay
  7. Kinchela
  8. Kincheloe
  9. Kincheloes
  10. Kinchen
  11. Kincheng

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