Gherkin vs. Cucumber

Gherkinnoun

A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

Gherkinnoun

(slang) The penis.

Gherkinnoun

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

Gherkinnoun

See Sea gherkin.

Gherkinnoun

any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

Gherkinnoun

small prickly cucumber

Gherkinnoun

the small green fruit of a plant related to the cucumber, used for pickling.

Gherkinnoun

the trailing plant that bears gherkins.

Cucumbernoun

A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.

Cucumbernoun

The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

Cucumbernoun

A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below.

Cucumbernoun

a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit

Cucumbernoun

cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons

Cucumber

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae gourd family that bears usually cylindrical fruits, which are used as vegetables. Considered an annual plant, there are three main varieties of cucumber — slicing, pickling, and burpless/seedless — within which several cultivars have been created.