tatsoi

English

tatsoi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tatsoi (uncountable)

1. 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