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cucumber
(redirected from as cool as a cucumber)

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cu·cum·ber  (kykmbr)
n.
1.
a. 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.
b. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or pickled.
2. Any of several related or similar plants, such as the bur cucumber or the squirting cucumber.

[Middle English cucomer, from Old French coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-.]

cucumber [ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a creeping cucurbitaceous plant, Cucumis sativus, cultivated in many forms for its edible fruit Compare squirting cucumber
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the cylindrical fruit of this plant, which has hard thin green rind and white crisp flesh
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar or related plants or their fruits
cool as a cucumber very calm; self-possessed
[from Latin cucumis, of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cucumbercucumber - a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
cuke, cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
melon vine, melon - any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
Cucumis, genus Cucumis - cucumbers; muskmelons
2.cucumbercucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
gherkin - small prickly cucumber
cucumber, cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus - a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Translations
cucumber [ˈkjuːkʌmbəʳ] Npepino m
see also cool A5

cucumber [ˈkjuːkʌmbər]
n (= vegetable) → concombre m
to be cool as a cucumber, to be as cool as a cucumber → faire preuve d'un calme olympien
modif [sandwich] → au concombre; [salad] → de concombre

cucumber
n(Salat)gurke f; as cool as a cucumberseelenruhig

cucumber [ˈkjuːkʌmbəʳ] ncetriolo
cucumber [ˈkjuːkʌmbəʳ] ncetriolo

cucumber
n cucumber [ˈkjuːkambə]
a type of creeping plant with long green edible fruit, often used in salads etc. komkommer خْيار краставица okurka agurk die Gurke αγγούρι pepino kurk خیار kurkku concombre מְלָפְפוֹן ककड़ी krastavac uborka mentimun gúrka cetriolo きゅうり 오이 agurkas gurķis timun komkommer agurk ogórek pepino castravete огурец uhorka kumara krastavac gurka แตงกวา hıyar, salatalık 小黃瓜 огірок كك‍ڑی، كهيرا quả dưa chuột

cucumber خِيَار okurka agurk Gurke αγγούρι pepino kurkku concombre krastavac cetriolo キュウリ 오이 komkommer agurk ogórek pepino огурец gurka แตงกวา salatalık quả dưa chuột 黄瓜


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