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bok choy (n.)

also pak choi, type of Chinese cabbage, by 1967, from Cantonese, literally "white vegetable;" earlier anglicized as pak-tsae (1847), with a variety of spellings in between.

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Definitions of bok choy from WordNet

bok choy (n.)
Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves;
Synonyms: bok choi / pakchoi / pak choi / Chinese white cabbage / Brassica rapa chinensis
bok choy (n.)
elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks;
Synonyms: bok choi
From wordnet.princeton.edu