avomaankurkku

== Finnish == === Etymology === avomaan (“grown on the field, as opposed to a greenhouse”) +‎ kurkku (“cucumber”); thus called because in Scandinavia picklers can be grown in the open whereas the slicing cucumbers require a greenhouse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑʋoˌmɑːnˌkurkːu/, [ˈɑ̝ʋo̞ˌmɑ̝ːŋˌkurkːu] Rhymes: -urkːu Syllabification(key): a‧vo‧maan‧kurk‧ku Hyphenation(key): avo‧maan‧kurkku === Noun === avomaankurkku pickler, pickling cucumber, Cucumis sativus (cultivar of cucumber suitable for pickling) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “avomaankurkku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023