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cucumber definition

cu·cum·ber (kyo̵̅o̅′kum′bər; occas., -kəm-)

noun

  1. a trailing annual vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family, grown for its edible fruit
  2. the long fruit, with a green rind and firm, white flesh, gathered before fully mature and used in salads or preserved as pickles

Etymology: ME cucomer < OFr or L; OFr cocombre < L cucumis (gen. cucumeris)

cucumber Idioms

cool as a cucumber

  1. comfortably cool
  2. calm and self-possessed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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