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Definition of Cucumber

Cucumber
Cucumber Cu"cum*ber (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[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 or Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth. Cucumber beetle. (Zo["o]l.) (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 (M. 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.

Meaning of Cucumber from wikipedia

- The cu****ber (Cu****is sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which...
- Sea cu****bers are echinoderms from the class Holothuroidea (/ˌhɒləˌθjʊəˈrɔɪdiə, ˌhoʊ-/ HOL-ə-thure-OY-dee-ə, HOHL-). They are marine animals with a leathery...
- A pickled cu****ber – commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and traditionally a gherkin (/ɡərkɪn/) in Britain, Ireland, South Africa...
- Cu****ber is a software tool that supports behavior-driven development (BDD). Central to the Cu****ber BDD approach is its ordinary language p****r called...
- The traditional cu****ber sandwich is a crustless tea sandwich (or finger sandwich) composed of thin slices of cu****ber situated between two thin slices...
- Wild cu****ber may refer to: Echinocystis, a genus of gourds found throughout most of North America Marah, a genus of gourds native to western North America...
- Armenian cu****ber, Cu****is melo Flexuosus Group or Cu****is melo var. flexuosus, is a type of long, slender fruit which tastes like a cu****ber and looks...
- Cu****ber Raita is a variation of raita that can be used as a dip or a salad. It is made by mixing together freshly chopped cu****ber, green chillies, and...
- Indian cu****ber may refer to: Indian cu****ber (Hindi: kankri or khira, Malayalam: vellari, Telugu: dosekaya or dosakai, Bengali: shosha, ****amese:tihu...
- called the African horned cu****ber, horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cu****ber and melon family Cucurbitaceae...