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bok choy
noun \ˈbäk-ˈchȯi\\ˈpäk-ˈchȯi, ˈpak-\
: a type of cabbage originally from China that has green leaves with thick, white stems
Full Definition of BOK CHOY
: a Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa chinensis) forming an open head with long white stalks and green leaves
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Variants of BOK CHOY
bok choy also bok choi \ˈbäk-ˈchȯi\ or pak choi \ˈpäk-ˈchȯi, ˈpak-\
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Origin of BOK CHOY
Chinese (Guangdong) baahk-choi, literally, white vegetable
First Known Use: 1847
Rhymes with BOK CHOY
ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, borzoi, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, convoy, cowboy, decoy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, killjoy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Saint Croix, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy
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