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cu⋅cum⋅ber

  [kyoo-kuhm-ber]
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–noun
1. a creeping plant, Cucumis sativus, of the gourd family, occurring in many cultivated forms.
2. the edible, fleshy fruit of this plant, of a cylindrical shape with rounded ends and having a green, warty skin.
3. any of various allied or similar plants.
4. the fruit of any such plant.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME cucumbre < AF, OF co(u)combre < L cucumer-, s. of cucumis; r. ME, OE cucumer < L, as above
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cu·cum·ber   (kyōō'kŭm'bər)   
n.  

    1. A tendril-bearing, climbing or sprawling annual plant (Cucumis sativus) widely cultivated for its edible cylindrical fruit that has a green rind and crisp white flesh.

    2. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or pickled.

  2. Any of several related or similar plants, such as the bur cucumber or the squirting cucumber.


[Middle English cucomer, from Old French coucombre, from Latin cucumis, cucumer-.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

cucumber 
c.1384, from O.Fr. cocombre, from L. cucumis (acc. cucumerem), perhaps from a pre-Italic Mediterranean language. Replaced O.E. eorþæppla (pl.), lit. "earth-apples." Cowcumber was common form 17c.-18c., and that pronunciation lingered into 19c. Planted as a garden vegetable by 1609 by Jamestown colonists. Phrase cool as a cucumber (c.1732) embodies ancient folk knowledge confirmed by science in 1970: inside of a field cucumber on a warm day is 20 degrees cooler than the air temperature.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cu·cum·ber
Pronunciation: 'kyü-(")k&m-b&r
Function: noun
: the fruit of a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourdfamily that is cultivated as a garden vegetable and that has diuretic seeds; also : this vine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

cucumber

see cool as a cucumber.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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