chinese cabbage

1. 1.

   plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia

   Synonymscelery cabbagenapape-tsaiBrassica rapa pekinensis

   Broadercrucifer

   Part ofBrassica
2. 2.

   elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves

   Synonymscelery cabbageChinese celery

   Broadercabbage

Questions about chinese cabbage

What does chinese cabbage mean?

chinese cabbage means "plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for chinese cabbage?

Close synonyms include celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis, celery cabbage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chinese cabbage a common word?

chinese cabbage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.