noun
1. plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
• Syn: ↑Chinese cabbage, ↑napa, ↑pe-tsai, ↑Brassica rapa pekinensis
• Hypernyms: ↑crucifer, ↑cruciferous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Brassica, ↑genus Brassica
2. elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves
• Syn: ↑Chinese cabbage, ↑Chinese celery
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celery cabbage,
= Chinese cabbage. (Cf. ↑Chinese cabbage)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.