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    TONG HO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cookingplay

    Synonyms:

    chop-suey greens; Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; shun giku; tong ho

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("tong ho" is a kind of...):

    chrysanthemum (any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated)

    Meronyms (parts of "tong ho"):

    chop-suey greens (succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking)

    Holonyms ("tong ho" is a member of...):

    genus Chrysanthemum (in some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Leucanthemum; Tanacetum)

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