Cucumber
['kjuːkʌmbə] or ['kjʊ,kʌmbɚ]
Definition
(noun.) cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons.
(noun.) a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit.
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Definition
(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.
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Definition
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
This is a dream of plenty, denoting health and prosperity. For the sick to dream of serving cucumbers, denotes their speedy recovery. For the married, a pleasant change.
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Examples
- The day after she got here she put on her best bonnet, and told me, as cool as a cucumber, that she was going to call on Regina Beaufort. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The tea was hot and aromatic, there were delicious little sandwiches of cucumber and of caviare, and winy cakes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On these the natives raise melons, cucumbers and other vegetables which need much water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some foods, such as lettuce, cucumbers, and watermelons, make proper and satisfactory changes in diet, but are not strength giving. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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