"Edible" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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食用 shí yòng to eat / to consume / edible
可吃 kě chī edible
可食 kě shí edible
香菇 xiāng gū shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
食盐 shí yán edible salt
燕窝 yàn wō edible bird's nest
紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
黑木耳 hēi mù ěr Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
黄花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower)
松茸 sōng róng matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
田鸡 tián jī frog / the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
海蜇 hǎi zhé Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish
蕨菜 jué cài fiddlehead / edible fern fronds
茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot
发菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss
莼菜 chún cài water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant
裙带菜 qún dài cài wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), an edible seaweed
菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom
芴 wù fluorene C13H10 / (old) name of an edible wild plant
蓠 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
松蘑 sōng mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
鳖裙 biē qún the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
灰菜 huī cài fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
择菜 zhái cài to pick the edible part of vegetables
松口蘑 sōng kǒu mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
松菌 sōng jùn matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
江蓠 jiāng lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori
紫菜属 zǐ cài shǔ Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)
豆薯 dòu shǔ yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
香蕈 xiāng xùn shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
宝塔菜 bǎo tǎ cài Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis), perennial plant with an edible rhizome
蒲菜 pú cài edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2]
打瓜 dǎ guā a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
食菌 shí jùn edible mushroom
美人腿 měi rén tuǐ (Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
茭白笋 jiāo bái sǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
菱角 líng jiao water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds
折耳根 zhé ěr gēn chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
白菜型油菜 bái cài xíng yóu cài a type of rapeseed (Brassica rapa) cultivated for its edible leaves (including varieties like bok choy and choy sum), as well as for oil production and green manure
裙边 qún biān the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
鳖边 biē biān (dialect) the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
凤梨释迦 fèng lí shì jiā atemoya, hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sugar apple (Annona squamosa): a tree grown in tropical regions of the Americas and in Taiwan for its edible fruit
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