[syn: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, Chinese celery]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
napa \napa\ n.
A plant (Brassica rapa pekinensis) with an elongated
celerylike head of broadstalked leaves used as a vegetable in
east Asia; called also Chinese cabbage.
Syn: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica
rapa pekinensis.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Chinese cabbage
n 1: plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves
resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia [syn:
Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai,
Brassica rapa pekinensis]
2: elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green
leaves [syn: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, Chinese
celery]