Etymology

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Today it means: Chinese spinach Full definition →

Hokkien 菠倫菜 /菠伦菜
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  1. Hokkien · borrowed from菠倫菜 /菠伦菜“spinach”
  2. English todaypolonchay

From Hokkien 菠倫菜 /菠伦菜 (po͘-lûn-chhài, “spinach”).

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