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包心菜 — meaning in English

bāo xīn cài

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English meaning

  • cabbage noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
  • cole noun An old word for cabbage or related plants of the Brassica family.

Senses

包心菜 is used for these senses in English:

  • cabbage (by extension) Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
  • cabbage (uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
  • cole Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

cabbage — full definition

  1. noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
  2. noun (slang) Money.
  3. verb (informal, dated) To steal small amounts of something, especially fabric offcuts.

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