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cucumber

noun
/ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/UK/ˈkjuːˌkʊmbə//ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin.

  1. derived from cucumis
  2. derived from cocombre
  3. inherited from cucumer

Definitions

  1. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.

    • ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.

  2. The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

    • […]for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
    • "Why, pepper and salt your reasons!" cried Curl, forgetting to look at the door for a moment: "your pamphlet has talent; but talent is like a cucumber, nothing without the dressing. You must be more personal."
    • Probably on account of its phallic formation, the cucumber is often assumed to have aphrodisiac qualities.

  3. A person who is calm and self-possessed.

    • The guy's a real cucumber.
    • That Wolf is one cool cucumber.

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Derived

cucumberade, cucumber beetle, cucumber fish, cucumberfish, cucumberita, cucumber mosaic virus, cucumber time, cucumbertini, cucumber tree

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA