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subgum

American  
[suhb-guhm] / ˈsʌbˈgʌm /

adjective

Chinese or Chinese-American Cooking.

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

Etymology

Origin of subgum

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

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