GHERKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gherkin mean? 

• GHERKIN (noun)
  The noun GHERKIN has 2 senses:

1. any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

2. small prickly cucumber

  Familiarity information: GHERKIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GHERKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gherkin" is a kind of...):

pickle (vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small prickly cucumber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gherkin" is a kind of...):

cucumber; cuke (cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons)