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Stage 1 of 2
nappa
Japanese · ancient
"leafy green vegetables"
a colloquial word for leafy greens generally, later applied to the specific cabbage variety
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Stage 2 of 2
napa cabbage
English · early-mid 1900s
"a mild, crinkly-leafed variety of Chinese cabbage"
adopted in American English as Japanese-American farmers grew and sold the vegetable in California
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