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Gherkin vs. Cornichon: What's the Difference?

Gherkin and Cornichon Definitions

Gherkin

A small cucumber, especially one used for pickling.

Cornichon

A crisp, sour pickle made from a small cucumber.

Gherkin

A pickle made from such a fruit.

Cornichon

A dill-pickled gherkin cucumber.

Gherkin

A vine (Cucumis anguria) native to Africa and widely cultivated especially in the West Indies, having prickly fruit often harvested when immature for pickling.
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Cornichon

A French-style pickled miniature cucumber.

Gherkin

The fruit of this plant.

Gherkin

A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

Gherkin

(slang) The penis.

Gherkin

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

See Sea gherkin.

Gherkin

Any of various small cucumbers pickled whole

Gherkin

Small prickly cucumber

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