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subgum definition

☆ sub·gum (sub′gum′)

adjective

designating any of various Chinese-American dishes, as chow mein, prepared with water chestnuts, mushrooms, almonds, etc.

Etymology: < Cantonese sahp gám, fancy mixed vegetables < sahp, ten, diverse + gám, brocade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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