Gherkin vs. Cucumber
Difference Between Gherkin and Cucumber
Gherkinnoun
A small cucumber, especially one used for pickling.
Cucumbernoun
A tendril-bearing, climbing or sprawling annual plant (Cucumis sativus) widely cultivated for its edible cylindrical fruit that has a green rind and crisp white flesh.
Gherkinnoun
A pickle made from such a fruit.
Cucumbernoun
The fruit of this plant, harvested when immature and eaten fresh or pickled.
Gherkinnoun
A vine (Cucumis anguria) native to Africa and widely cultivated especially in the West Indies, having prickly fruit often harvested when immature for pickling.
Cucumbernoun
Any of several related or similar plants, such as the bur cucumber or the squirting cucumber.
Gherkinnoun
The fruit of this plant.
Cucumbernoun
A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
Gherkinnoun
A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
Cucumbernoun
The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
Gherkinnoun
(slang) The penis.
Cucumbernoun
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Gherkinnoun
any of various small cucumbers pickled whole
Cucumbernoun
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
Gherkinnoun
small prickly cucumber
