gherkin -
n. 1 a small variety of cucumber, or a young green cucumber, used for pickling.
2 a a trailing plant, Cucumis sativus, with cucumber-like fruits used for pickling. b this
fruit.
[Du. gurkkijn (unrecorded), dimin. of gurk, f. Slavonic, ult. f. med. Gk aggourion] 
