bok choy

bok choy

noun
\ˈbäk-ˈchȯi\\ˈpäk-ˈchȯi, ˈpak-\

Definition of BOK CHOY

: a Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa chinensis) forming an open head with long white stalks and green leaves

Variants of BOK CHOY

bok choy also bok choi \ˈbäk-ˈchȯi\ or pak choi \ˈpäk-ˈchȯi, ˈpak-\

Origin of BOK CHOY

Chinese (Guangdong) baahk-choi, literally, white vegetable

First Known Use: 1847

Rhymes with BOK CHOY

ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, borzoi, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, convoy, cowboy, decoy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, killjoy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Saint Croix, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy