subgum

subgum
/sub"gum"/, adj. Chinese or Chinese-American Cookery.
prepared with mixed vegetables, as with water chestnuts, mushrooms, and bean sprouts.
[1935-40; < dial. Chin (Guangdong) sahp-gám, akin to Chin shíjin lit., ten brocades]

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