Cucumber

Cucumber

A long, green, cylinder-shaped member of the gourd family with edible seeds surrounded by mild, crisp flesh. Used for making pickles and usually eaten raw. Cucumbers have been cultivated for thousands of years.

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cucumber

Culinary arts; Cooking

Believed to have originated in either India or Thailand, the cucumber has been cultivated for thousands of years. This long, cylindrical, green-skinned fruit of the gourd family ...

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Fruits & vegetables; Fruits

A long, green, cylinder-shaped member of the gourd family with edible seeds surrounded by mild, crisp flesh. Used for making pickles and usually eaten raw. Cucumbers have been ...

cucumber

Science; General science

A warm-season annual cucurbit ( Cucumis sativus ) native to India and belonging to the plant order Campanulales.

cucumber

Language; Dictionaries

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 ...

cucumbers

Fruits & vegetables; Fruit vegetables

Technically cucumbers are a fruit but are prepared, eaten and thought of as a vegetable. Cucumbers have an amazing capacity to retain water and to remain cool. The interior flesh ...

as cool as a cucumber

Language; Idioms

If someone is as cool as a cucumber, they don't get worried by anything.

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Fruits & vegetables; Plants; Agriculture; Fruits; Trees; General agriculture

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Plants; Fruits & vegetables; Agriculture; Trees; Fruits; General agriculture

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Plants; Fruits & vegetables; Agriculture; Trees; Fruits; General agriculture

1. A large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle. 2. Edible brown rough-skinned fruit, which has a sweet yellowish pulp.

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Plants; Fruits & vegetables; Agriculture; Trees; Fruits; General agriculture

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