cucumber

Definition of Cucumber in English :

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Noun

1. cucumber, cucumber vine, cucumis sativus

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

2. cucumber, cuke

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

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cucumber

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noun

1.

a creeping cucurbitaceous plant, Cucumis sativus, cultivated in many forms for its edible fruit

Compare squirting cucumber

2.

the cylindrical fruit of this plant, which has hard thin green rind and white crisp flesh

3.

any of various similar or related plants or their fruits

4. cool as a cucumber

Cucumber

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noun

1.

a trailing annual vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family, grown for its edible fruit

2.

the long fruit, with a green rind and firm, white flesh, gathered before fully mature and used in salads or preserved as pickles

Cucumber

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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, harvested when immature and 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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