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Noun: napa cabbage
  1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
    "Napa cabbage is essential in many Asian dishes";
    - Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis

Derived forms: napa cabbages

Type of: crucifer, cruciferous plant

Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica

Encyclopedia: Napa cabbage