cucumber
A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
Other meanings
The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
A person who is calm and self-possessed.
A kind of
- melon
Related words
- cucumberade
- cucumber time
- cucumber tree
- cucumber mosaic virus
- cucumber beetle
- cucumberita
- cucumbertini
- Qcumber
- cucumberlike
- cucumbery
- cucumberless
- cucumber herring
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "cucumis" (cucumis, cucumerem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cucumber” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.