CHOP-SUEY GREENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chop-suey greens mean? 

• CHOP-SUEY GREENS (noun)
  The noun CHOP-SUEY GREENS has 2 senses:

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

2. succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking

  Familiarity information: CHOP-SUEY GREENS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOP-SUEY GREENS (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 ("chop-suey greens" 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 "chop-suey greens"):

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

Holonyms ("chop-suey greens" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Succulent and aromatic young dark green leaves used in Chinese and Vietnamese and Japanese cooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("chop-suey greens" is a kind of...):

green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)

Holonyms ("chop-suey greens" is a part of...):

chop-suey greens; Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; shun giku; tong ho (grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking)