"choy sum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”). Doublet of caixin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|菜心|lit=vegetable heart|tr=coi3 sam1}} Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”), {{doublet|en|caixin}} Doublet of caixin Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} choy sum (uncountable)
  1. A Chinese vegetable, a variety of Brassica rapa parachinensis subspecies, similar to bok choy but slimmer, with smooth green leaves and pale green stems, and clusters of flowers on the tips of the inner shoots Wikipedia link: choy sum Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Brassicas Synonyms: choi sum Synonyms (Brassica rapa parachinensis): Chinese flowering cabbage, caixin, yu choy, yau choy Translations (vegetable): 菜心 (chhài-sim) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 菜心 (coi³ sam¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 菜心 (càixīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 菜薹 (càitái) (Chinese Mandarin), sellerikaali (Finnish), 菜心 (saishin) (alt: さいしん) (Japanese), 채심 (chaesim) (alt: 菜心) (Korean), cải ngồng (Vietnamese)

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