Definition of Cucumber
Cu´cum`ber
Pronunciation:
k?`k?m-b?r,
formerly
kou´k?m-b?r
n.
1.
(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.
a
-
(Zool.)
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
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
.
Related Words
cucumber
vine
,
Cucumis
,
Cucumis
sativus
,
cuke
,
genus
Cucumis
,
melon
,
melon
vine
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