tatsoi

English

tatsoi

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 塌菜 (taap3 coi3, “collapsed vegetable”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /tɑtˈsɔɪ/, [tʰɑʔ(t)ˈsɔɪ]

Noun

tatsoi (uncountable)

Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (syns. Brassica narinosa, Brasica rapa var. narinosa, Brassica rapa var. rosularis), an Asian variety of Brassica rapa grown for greens, lately popular in North American cuisine.

Synonyms

tat choy

Hypernyms

Chinese cabbage

Translations

Variety of Brassica rapa

Finnish: tatsoikaali

Further reading

tatsoi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“tatsoi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Taoist

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