bắp chuối

Mẹ tôi mua một bắp chuối để nấu canh chua.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Banana blossom / Banana flower: The large, purple-red inflorescence (flower cluster) of the banana plant, which hangs at the end of the fruit bunch. It is often used as a vegetable in Southeast Asian cuisine.
   • (Medical, archaic) Swelling of the biceps: An old, colloquial term for a swollen or inflamed biceps muscle, resembling the shape of a banana blossom.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi mua một bắp chuối để nấu canh chua. (My mother bought a banana blossom to cook sour soup.)
  • Sau khi tập tạ, anh ấy bị bắp chuối. (After lifting weights, he got a swollen biceps.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in its culinary sense in modern Vietnamese. The medical usage is now rare and considered informal or dialectal.

Variants and Related Words

• Hoa chuối: A more common synonym for the banana flower/blossom.
  • Hoa chuối thái mỏng là món ăn rất ngon. (Thinly sliced banana blossom is a very delicious dish.)

Synonyms

• Banana blossom: The edible flower of the banana plant.
• Banana heart: Another term for the edible core of the banana blossom.
• Swelling: A general term for the medical condition (for the archaic sense).

Related Idioms

• No common idioms directly use .