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Definition of Pe-tsai
1. Noun. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia.
Generic synonyms: Crucifer, Cruciferous Plant
Group relationships: Brassica, Genus Brassica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pe-tsai
Literary usage of Pe-tsai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"If B. pe-tsai, Bailey, and B. pekinensis, Skeels, prove to be identical, the
latter name must hold. More than one species may be involved. — Rapa (Turnip). ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The pe-tsai. or C'hinese Cabbage, is no longer a novelty in Amer, gardens, although
it does not appear to be well known, and its merits are not understood. ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"BRASSICA pe-tsai. pe-tsai cabbag-e. From Tchang-ping-teho. "(No. 80a. ... pe-tsai
cabbage. From Chang-li. "(No. la.) A remarkably fine variety of white ..."
4. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
""In regard to 'Pe-Tsai,' the plants were set out on the I5th of May and were not
affected by frost. The plants matured the first week in July Height about ..."
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