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pak choy

pak 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 pak choy

What is pak choy the alternative spelling of?
Pak choy is the alternative spelling of bok choy.

Words near pak choy in the dictionary

  1. Pajęczno
  2. pak
  3. pak chew cheng
  4. pak chiu cheng
  5. pak choi
  6. pak choy
  7. pak pai
  8. pak pais
  9. Pak Sha Wan
  10. pak tong gou
  11. Pak-

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