Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cylindrical casing of rice paper or very thin dough that is filled with minced vegetables and often bits of meat or seafood and may be served fresh or fried.
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- noun A type of
savoury food consisting ofshredded vegetables wrapped in apancake made fromrice flour and thenfried . - noun US An
egg roll .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of Chinese terms such as Mandarin chūn juǎn : chūn, spring (since fried spring rolls have traditionally been served around the Chinese New Year, the beginning of spring in the Chinese lunar calendar ) + juǎn, roll.]
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