cucumber

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.

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

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cucumber

Noun

1. a long fruit with thin green rind and crisp white flesh, used in salads

2. as cool as a cucumber calm and self-possessed [Latin cucumis]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cucumber - a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus 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.	cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons cuke 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] n → pepino

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cucumber [ˈkjuːkʌmbəʳ] n → concombre m

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cucumber [ˈkjuːkʌmbəʳ] n → Gurke f

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cucumber [ˈkjuːkʌmbəʳ] n → cetriolo

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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 黃瓜 огірок كك‍ڑی، كهيرا quả dưa chuột 黄瓜