napa

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia

From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).

En la Argentina, antes de llegar a la napa de petróleo se descubrió una zona que produce enormes cantidades de gas. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
The New Almaden mines of Santa Clara County produce over five thousand flasks (each seventy-six and one-half pounds net); those of Napa County nearly nine thousand flasks; the mines of the whole State yield about twenty-six thousand flasks, valued at $1,200,000. — Commercial Geography: A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis

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