cucumber

1. 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. Source: opted
2. n. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit Source: wordnet
3. n. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons Source: wordnet
4. 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. SeeColocynth. -- Cucumber beetle. (Zoöl.) (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. Source: webster
5. A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of thegenus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which iseaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits ofseveral other genera. See below. Bitter cucumber (Bot.), theCitrullus or Cucumis Colocynthis. SeeColocynth.-- Cucumber beetle. (Zoöl.) (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 genusMagnolia (M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of itsyoung fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (AverrhoaBilimbi) 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 itslong, curiously-shaped fruit.-- Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose small ovalfruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds andjuice with considerable force through the opening thus made. SeeElaterium.-- Star cucumber,a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with pricklyfruit. Source: adambom
6. n:100 n. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit n. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons Source: ecdict

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