Definition of cucumber Cucumber

/kjuˈkʌmbɚ/ - [kyukumber] - cu•cum•ber

We found 9 definitions of cucumber from 7 different sources.

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What does cucumber mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: cucumbers

cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
  cuke
  veg, veggie, vegetable edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  cucumber vine, cucumis sativus, cucumber cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cucumber - a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
  cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus
  melon vine, melon any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
  cucumis, genus cucumis cucumbers; muskmelons
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cucumber (n.)
    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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • cucumber
    The edible fruit of the cucumber plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • cucumber
    kū′kum-bėr, n. a creeping plant, with heart-shaped leaves, rough with bristly hairs, and large oblong fruit used as a salad and pickle—a native of southern Asia.—adj. Cucum′iform. [L. cucumis, cucumeris.]

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  • The cucumber ("Cucumis sativus") is a widely grown plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. This family also includes squash. A cucumber looks similar to a zucchini (British English: courgette).

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