kailan

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noun

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

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Chinese broccoliChinese kale
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Meanings

nounkailan (uncountable)

alternative gailan · alternative gai-lan · alternative gai lohn · alternative gai-lon · alternative kai-lan

  1. uncountableBrassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking.

    Synonyms: Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale

Synonyms & antonyms

nounBrassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking.

Similar
Chinese broccoliChinese kale
Also see
asian kale

Origin

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

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 芥蘭 /芥兰
  • 芥蘭 /芥兰vegetable
Chinese Mandarin 芥藍 /芥蓝, 芥蘭 /芥兰
  • 芥藍 /芥蓝 (jièlán)vegetable
  • 芥蘭 /芥兰 (gàilán, jièlán)vegetable
  • 芥蘭菜 /芥兰菜 (gàiláncài, jièláncài)vegetable
Finnish härmekaali, kiinanbrokkoli
  • härmekaalivegetable
  • kiinanbrokkolivegetable
French gaï lan, brocoli de Chine
  • gaï lanvegetable
  • brocoli de Chinevegetable
Indonesian kailan
  • kailanvegetable
Russian гайла́нь
  • гайла́нь (gajlánʹ)vegetable
Thai คะน้า
  • คะน้า (ká-náa)vegetable
Vietnamese cải rổ, cải làn
  • cải rổvegetable
  • cải lànvegetable

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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