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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gher•kin /ˈgɜrkɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologythe small, immature fruit of a kind of cucumber, used in pickling to make a small pickle eaten as a snack.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gher•kin (gûr′kin),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe small, immature fruit of a variety of cucumber, used in pickling.
- Plant BiologyAlso called bur gherkin, West Indian gherkin. the small, spiny fruit of a tropical vine, Cucumis anguria, of the gourd family, used in pickling.
- Plant Biologythe plant yielding this fruit.
- Fooda small pickle, esp. one made from this fruit.
- Slavic; compare Polish ogórek, Czech okurka Persian
- Dutch gurken, plural of gurk (German Gurke)
- 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gherkin /ˈɡɜːkɪn/ n - the immature fruit of any of various cucumbers, used for pickling
- a tropical American cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Cucumis anguria
- the small edible fruit of this plant
Etymology: 17th Century: from early modern Dutch agurkkijn, diminutive of gurk, from Slavonic, ultimately from Greek angourion |