fat choy
A blue-green alga used as a vegetable in Chinese cookingA blue-green alga (Nostoc flagelliforme) used as a vegetable in Chinese cooking
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A blue-green alga (Nostoc flagelliforme) used as a vegetable in Chinese cooking
Origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 髮菜 /发菜 (faat³ coi³).Borrowed from Cantonese 髮菜 /发菜 (faat³ coi³).
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Synonyms
3 synonymsNostoc flagelliforme:black mosshair moss
from Mandarin Chinese:fa cai
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable