subgum

[ suhb-guhm ]

adjective

, Chinese or Chinese-American Cooking.

1. prepared with mixed vegetables, as with water chestnuts, mushrooms, and bean sprouts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subgum¹

1935–40; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) sahp-gám, akin to Chinese shíjǐn literally, ten brocades