măng tây

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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măng (bamboo shoot) +‎ tây (Western). Compare Khmer ទំពាំងបារាំង (tumpĕəngbaarĕəng, literally French bamboo shoot) and Thai หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง (nɔ̀ɔ-máai-fà-ràng, literally foreign/Western bamboo shoot).

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Noun

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(classifier cây) măng tây

  1. asparagus