variants or less commonly bok choi or pak choi
: a Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa chinensis) forming an open head with long white stalks and green leaves

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Substitute other vegetables for the celery if need be—thinly sliced kohlrabi, bok choy, or savoy cabbage would work well—but celery really does work well here. Laura McLively, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025 Inside are more than two dozen containers filled with noodles, rice, bok choy and curry. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025 On the more decadent side, the Four Season Duck Noodles will come with roast duck, bean sprouts, Chinese bok choy, garlic oil, green onion and cilantro. Colin Wrenn, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025 But the body absorbs calcium from bok choy much better than the calcium from milk, making a cup of each equivalent for how much calcium is absorbed.10 The opposite is true with spinach. Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bok choy

Word History

Etymology

Chinese (Guangdong) baahk-choi, literally, white vegetable

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bok choy was in 1847

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“Bok choy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bok%20choy. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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