Definitions for piccalilliˈpɪk əˌlɪl i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pic•ca•lil•liˈpɪk əˌlɪl i(n.)(pl.)-lis.

  1. a pungent relish made of chopped vegetables, mustard, vinegar, and hot spices.

    Category: Cooking

Origin of piccalilli:

1760–70; earlier piccalillo Indian pickle; obscurely akin to pickle

Princeton's WordNet

  1. piccalilli(noun)

    relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion

Wiktionary

  1. piccalilli(Noun)

    A yellow pickle made from cauliflower, vegetable marrow, and other vegetables, pickled with vinegar, salt, sugar, and spiced with mustard, turmeric, and other spices.

  2. piccalilli(Noun)

    A pickle, typically on a base of chopped green (unripe) tomatoes, but sometimes finely-chopped gherkins, and possibly including other vegetables.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Piccalilli(noun)

    a pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, -- originally made in the East Indies


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