† mekinn.
Obsolete. rare.
A kind of squash or vegetable marrow.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun] > used raw or for salads
saladc1460
salad-herb1538
salad-root1573
salading1664
mekin1688
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > other herbs
maroilea1400
purslanea1400
centinode?a1425
rosemarya1425
sauce-alone1530
samphire1542
larix1548
ancoly1561
Crestmarine1565
tarragon1591
fish-basil1597
muscado1612
Jew's mallow1640
mekin1688
Tarentine1698
Shawnee salad1780
hemidesmus1809
roquette1900
1688 Catal. Seeds E. Fuller in J. Worlidge Systema Horti-culturæ (ed. 3) 273 Gourd. Mekin. Baum.
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. 95 Sallad Seeds... Mekin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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