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cucumber
DEFINITIONS OF:
cucumber
1
n
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Synonyms:
Cucumis sativus
,
cucumber vine
Type of:
melon
,
melon vine
any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
n
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
Synonyms:
cuke
Types:
gherkin
small prickly cucumber
Type of:
veg
,
vegetable
,
veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
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