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Cucumber

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A tendril-bearing, climbing or sprawling annual plant (Cucumis sativus) widely cultivated for its edible cylindrical fruit that has a green rind and crisp white flesh.

n. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or pickled.

n. Any of several related or similar plants, such as the bur cucumber or the squirting cucumber.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. 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.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A common running garden-plant, Cucumis sativus.

n. The long, fleshy fruit of this plant, eaten as a cooling salad when green, and also used for pickling. (See gherkin). The stem-end is usually very bitter, as is the whole fruit in some uncultivated varieties.

n. A common name of various plants of other genera.

n. In California, the big-root or man root Micrampelis fabacea, and doubtless other species. Parsons and Buck, Wild Flowers of California.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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

Word Usage

"In another, a man was cautioned for being “found in possession of an egg with intent to throw”, and in a third a child was arrested for throwing a slice of cucumber from a tuna sandwich at another youngster."

Equivalent

jerusalem cucumber

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

melon melon vine

Cross Reference

bur cucumber cucumber mildew salad cucumber cucumber caterpillar borer bacteriosis of the cucumber

Form

cool as a cucumber exploding cucumber squirting cucumber

Same Context

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