gailan

G2A1I1L1A1N1

A form of kailan — Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking.

Scrabble 7
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noungailan (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of kailan.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:gailan.

Origin

Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭／芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2).

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

AngliaGalinaIlaganLiangaagnail
Cite this entry
APA

gailan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gailan

MLA

“gailan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gailan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gailan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gailan.

Source: gailan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.