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n. A West Indian vine (Cucumis anguria) having prickly mature fruits that are sold as curiosities. The immature fruits are widely used for pickling.

n. The fruit of this plant. Also called gooseberry gourd.

n. A small cucumber, especially one used for pickling.

n. A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

n. A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles.

n. See Sea gherkin.

n. A small-fruited variety of the cucumber, or simply a young green cucumber of an ordinary variety, used for pickling.

n. any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

n. small prickly cucumber

"FLY ON THE WALL also wins the award for "most divinely picklish use of the word gherkin in all of lit'rature!""

pickle    cucumber    cuke   

bur gherkin    west indian gherkin   

sea gherkin   

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