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Gherkin

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Noun

1. gherkin

any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

2. gherkin

small prickly cucumber

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gherkin

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noun
1. 
the immature fruit of any of various cucumbers, used for pickling
2. 
a. 
a tropical American cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Cucumis anguria
b. 
the small edible fruit of this plant
noun
the Gherkin

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Gherkin

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noun
1. 
a plant (Cucumis anguria) of the gourd family bearing small, prickly, cucumberlike fruit
2. 
the fruit of this plant, used for pickles
3. 
the immature fruit of the cucumber when pickled

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gherkin

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n.
1.
a. A small cucumber, especially one used for pickling.
b. A pickle made from such a fruit.
2.
a. A vine (Cucumis anguria) native to Africa and widely cultivated especially in the West Indies, having prickly fruit often harvested when immature for pickling.
b. The fruit of this plant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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