choy sum
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”). Doublet of caixin.
Noun
choy sum (uncountable)
- 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
Synonyms
- (Brassica rapa parachinensis): Chinese flowering cabbage, caixin, yu choy, yau choy
Translations
vegetable
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References
- Marie Claire Food + Drink by Michele Cranston (Murdoch Books, 2001)
Further reading
Category:Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Chinese cabbage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
