A young green cucumber, or a cucumber of a small kind, used for pickling.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > cucumber > types of (5) gherkin1661 A young green cucumber, or a cucumber of a small kind, used for pickling. horse-cucumber1707 (see quot. 1707). ridge cucumber1830 any of various varieties of cucumber, typically having short fruits with prickly skins, suitable for growing outdoors in a temperate climate… cornichon1837 A small pickled gherkin. Also more fully cornichon pickle. wally1892 A (usually large) pickled cucumber; a gherkin. Also (and in earliest use) reduplicated as wally-wally. |
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