A gherkin is a baby cucumber, usually between one and two inches long, which is used for pickling. French pickled gherkins are called cornichons.

Word origins

Dutch gurken or augurken, "small pickled cucumber"

Application of: Pickling
Contained by: Cornichonfr
Contains, including ancestors: Vegetable
Also known as:
English: Gerkin
Wikidata ID: Q1365891
Wikipedia title: Pickled cucumber
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