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Webster 1913 Edition
Cucumber
Cu′cum-ber
(k?ˊk?m-b?r, formerly kou′k?m-b?r)
, Noun.
[OE.
cucumer
, cocumber
, cucumber
, fr. L. cucmis
, gen.cucumeris
; cf. OF. cocombre
,F. concombre
.] (Bot.)
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. Bitter cucumber
(Bot.)
, – Cucumber beetle.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small, black flea-beetle (
Crepidodera cucumeris
), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b)
The squash beetle.
– Cucumber tree
. (a)
A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus
Magnolia
(Magnolia acuminata)
, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b)
An East Indian plant (
– Averrhoa Bilimbi
) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. Jamaica cucumber
, Jerusalem cucumber
the prickly-fruited gherkin (
– Cucumis Anguria
). Snake cucumber
, a species (
– Cucumis flexuosus
) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. Squirting cucumber
, a plant (
– Ecbalium Elaterium
) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See Elaterium
. Star cucumber
, a climbing weed (
Sicyos angulatus
) with prickly fruit.Webster 1828 Edition
Cucumber
CUCUMBER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cucumber
cucumber
English
cucumbers
Noun
cucumber (plural cucumbers)
- A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
- The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
Synonyms
- cuke (informal)
Derived terms
- Armenian cucumber (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus)
- cool as a cucumber
- exploding cucumber
- squirting cucumber
- sea cucumber
Related terms
- cucumiform (cucumber-shaped)
Translations
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edible fruit
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