Chinese leaf

British

plural noun

the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage

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As to the product of these tea-fields, one realizes no difference in its flavor from that of the Chinese leaf.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

As to the product of these tea-fields, one could realize no difference in its flavor from that of the Chinese leaf.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray

A Breakfast—no unsubstantial mess, But one in the style of Good Queen Bess, Who,—hearty as hippocampus,— Broke her fast with ale and beef, Instead of toast and the Chinese leaf, And—in lieu of anchovy—grampus.

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas

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