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TONG HO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking
Synonyms:
chop-suey greens; Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; shun giku; tong ho
Classified under:
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)
