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gherkin
gher·kin G0111900 (gûr′kĭn)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.
[Ultimately (via early Modern Dutch gurkijn (Modern Dutch gurkje), diminutive of Dutch gurk, gherkin, aphetic variant of agurk, or possibly via Dutch agurken, plural of agurk, taken in English as a singular a gurken) from Dutch agurk, variant of augurk, ultimately from a Slavic source such as Polish ogórek, partial translation (with diminutive suffix -ek) of Byzantine Greek angourion, watermelon, gherkin, from diminutive of Late Greek angouros, a single grape, bunch of grapes, probably originally meaning "small, unripe fruit," from expressive alteration of Greek aōros, out of season, unripe : a-, not; see a-1 + hōra, season, time; see yēr- in Indo-European roots.]gherkin (ˈɡɜːkɪn) n1. (Cookery) the immature fruit of any of various cucumbers, used for pickling2. (Plants) a. a tropical American cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Cucumis anguriab. the small edible fruit of this plant[C17: from early modern Dutch agurkkijn, diminutive of gurk, from Slavonic, ultimately from Greek angourion]
Gherkin (ˈɡɜːkɪn) n (Named Buildings) the Gherkin an informal name for Swiss Re Towergher•kin (ˈgɜr kɪn)
n. 1. the small immature fruit of a variety of cucumber, used in pickling. 2. a. the small spiny fruit of a tropical vine, Cucumis anguria, of the gourd family, used in pickling. b. the plant yielding this fruit. 3. a small pickle, esp. one made from this fruit. [1655–65; < Dutch gurken, pl. of gurk (German Gurke) < Slavic; compare Polish ogórek, Czech okurka « Persian] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  gherkin - any of various small cucumbers pickled wholepickle - vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar | | 2. | gherkin - small prickly cucumbercuke, cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons |
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gherkin (gûr`kĭn), species of gourdgourd
, common name for some members of the Cucurbitaceae, a family of plants whose range includes all tropical and subtropical areas and extends into the temperate zones.
..... Click the link for more information. of the cucumber genus.gherkina. a tropical American cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Cucumis anguria b. the small edible fruit of this plant gherkin
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