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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
Familiarity information: GHERKIN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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