subgum

[ suhb-guhm ]
/ ˈsʌbˈgʌm /

adjective Chinese or Chinese-American Cookery.

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

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Origin of subgum

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

Words nearby subgum

subglacial, subglossal, subgrade, subgroup, subgrundation, subgum, subha, subhalide, subharmonic, subhead, subheading
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