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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.)
,
the
Citrullus Colocynthis
syn.
Cucumis Colocynthis
. See
Colocynth
.
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.
[L.] The name of a plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucumis. The flower is yellow and bell-shaped; and the stalks are long, slender and trailing on the ground, or climbing by their claspers.

Definition 2024


cucumber

cucumber

English

cucumbers

Noun

cucumber (plural cucumbers)

  1. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
  2. The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

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