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yu choy

yu choy noun: a variety of Brassica known as Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera syn. Brassa campestris, related to choy sum and bok choy.

Noun

yu choy (uncountable)

  1. A variety of Brassica known as Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera syn. Brassa campestris, related to choy sum and bok choy.
    • Seventeen brassica vegetables, that is, mustard greens, baby mustard greens, gai choy, baby gai choy, yu choy, yu choy tip, bok choy, baby bok choy, bok choy sum, Taiwan bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, baby Shanghai bok choy, napa and baby napa, rapini broccoli, and turnip greens, were bought in local...2010 May 14, Long-Ze Lin, James M Harnly, “Phenolic Component Profiles of Mustard Greens, Yu Choy, and 15 Other Brassica Vegetables”, in J Agric Food Chem, volume 58, number 11, →DOI
    • Chinese yu choy is one of the sweetest-tasting Chinese leafy green vegetables available, especially when they are picked when young and tender.2016 January 19, “Easy Chinese yu choy sum”, in The Woks of Life

Origin of yu choy

From Cantonese 油菜 (jau4 coi3).

Questions about yu choy

What does yu choy mean?
Yu choy means a variety of Brassica known as Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera syn. Brassa campestris, related to choy sum and bok choy.
What part of speech is yu choy?
Yu choy is a noun.

Words near yu choy in the dictionary

  1. Ytuarte
  2. Ytuartes
  3. yturned
  4. ytvA
  5. yu
  6. yu choy
  7. Yu Shan
  8. yu sheng
  9. yu shiang
  10. yu toy
  11. Yu'an

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