TONG HO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tong ho mean? 

• TONG HO (noun)
  The noun TONG HO has 1 sense:

1. grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking

  Familiarity information: TONG HO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TONG HO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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)