yin choy

noun

A type of Chinese spinach with a purple center used in cooking, Amaranthus tricolor.

OriginChinese 莧菜 /苋菜 →
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Meanings

nounyin choy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of Chinese spinach with a purple center used in cooking, Amaranthus tricolor.

    He ran them down—aspargus, spinach, bok choy, Chinese broccoli—finally mentioning yin choy, a spinachlike leaf with a purple center called amaranth, or Chinese spinach.

    1997, Patricia Unterman, Food Lover's Guide to San Francisco, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 46

Origin

  1. Chinese莧菜 /苋菜
  2. Englishyin choy

Borrowed from Chinese 莧菜 /苋菜 (jin6 coi3).

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