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kailan

kailan

See also: kai-lan

English

Alternative forms

gailan, gai-lan, gai lohn, gai-lon, kai-lan

Noun

kailan

Brassica 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

Hyponyms

See also Wikisaurus:dim sum

Translations

vegetable

Burmese: ကိုက်လန် (my) ‎(kuiklan)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 芥蘭, 芥兰 ‎(gaai³ laan⁴⁻²)

Mandarin: 芥蘭 (zh), 芥兰 (zh) ‎(gàilán, jièlán), 芥蘭菜, 芥兰菜 ‎(gàiláncài, jièláncài)

Min Nan: 芥藍菜, 芥蓝菜 ‎(kè-nâ-chhài)

Finnish: härmekaali, kiinanbrokkoli
French: gaï lan m, brocoli de Chine m
Indonesian: kailan, kailan
Russian: гайла́нь m, f ‎(gajlánʹ)
Thai: คะน้า ‎(ká-náa)

External links

Kai-lan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brassica oleracea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

kalian

Tagalog

Pronoun

kailan

(interrogative) when

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